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Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:18:47 +0200
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     1 Isabelle NEWS -- history user-relevant changes
     2 ==============================================
     3 
     4 New in Isabelle2012 (May 2012)
     5 ------------------------------
     6 
     7 *** General ***
     8 
     9 * Prover IDE (PIDE) improvements:
    10 
    11   - more robust Sledgehammer integration (as before the sledgehammer
    12     command line needs to be typed into the source buffer)
    13   - markup for bound variables
    14   - markup for types of term variables (e.g. displayed as tooltips)
    15   - support for user-defined Isar commands within the running session
    16   - improved support for Unicode outside original 16bit range
    17     e.g. glyph for \<A> (thanks to jEdit 4.5.1)
    18 
    19 * Updated and extended reference manuals ("isar-ref" and
    20 "implementation"); reduced remaining material in old "ref" manual.
    21 
    22 * Rule attributes in local theory declarations (e.g. locale or class)
    23 are now statically evaluated: the resulting theorem is stored instead
    24 of the original expression.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
    25 the historic accident of dynamic re-evaluation in interpretations
    26 etc. was exploited.
    27 
    28 * Commands 'lemmas' and 'theorems' allow local variables using 'for'
    29 declaration, and results are standardized before being stored.  Thus
    30 old-style "standard" after instantiation or composition of facts
    31 becomes obsolete.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, due to potential change of
    32 indices of schematic variables.
    33 
    34 * Renamed some inner syntax categories:
    35 
    36     num ~> num_token
    37     xnum ~> xnum_token
    38     xstr ~> str_token
    39 
    40 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that in practice "num_const" or
    41 "num_position" etc. are mainly used instead (which also include
    42 position information via constraints).
    43 
    44 * Simplified configuration options for syntax ambiguity: see
    45 "syntax_ambiguity_warning" and "syntax_ambiguity_limit" in isar-ref
    46 manual.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
    47 
    48 * Forward declaration of outer syntax keywords within the theory
    49 header -- minor INCOMPATIBILITY for user-defined commands.  Allow new
    50 commands to be used in the same theory where defined.
    51 
    52 
    53 *** Pure ***
    54 
    55 * Auxiliary contexts indicate block structure for specifications with
    56 additional parameters and assumptions.  Such unnamed contexts may be
    57 nested within other targets, like 'theory', 'locale', 'class',
    58 'instantiation' etc.  Results from the local context are generalized
    59 accordingly and applied to the enclosing target context.  Example:
    60 
    61   context
    62     fixes x y z :: 'a
    63     assumes xy: "x = y" and yz: "y = z"
    64   begin
    65 
    66   lemma my_trans: "x = z" using xy yz by simp
    67 
    68   end
    69 
    70   thm my_trans
    71 
    72 The most basic application is to factor-out context elements of
    73 several fixes/assumes/shows theorem statements, e.g. see
    74 ~~/src/HOL/Isar_Examples/Group_Context.thy
    75 
    76 Any other local theory specification element works within the "context
    77 ... begin ... end" block as well.
    78 
    79 * Bundled declarations associate attributed fact expressions with a
    80 given name in the context.  These may be later included in other
    81 contexts.  This allows to manage context extensions casually, without
    82 the logical dependencies of locales and locale interpretation.
    83 
    84 See commands 'bundle', 'include', 'including' etc. in the isar-ref
    85 manual.
    86 
    87 * Rule composition via attribute "OF" (or ML functions OF/MRS) is more
    88 tolerant against multiple unifiers, as long as the final result is
    89 unique.  (As before, rules are composed in canonical right-to-left
    90 order to accommodate newly introduced premises.)
    91 
    92 * Command 'definition' no longer exports the foundational "raw_def"
    93 into the user context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, may use the regular
    94 "def" result with attribute "abs_def" to imitate the old version.
    95 
    96 * Attribute "abs_def" turns an equation of the form "f x y == t" into
    97 "f == %x y. t", which ensures that "simp" or "unfold" steps always
    98 expand it.  This also works for object-logic equality.  (Formerly
    99 undocumented feature.)
   100 
   101 * Discontinued old "prems" fact, which used to refer to the accidental
   102 collection of foundational premises in the context (already marked as
   103 legacy since Isabelle2011).
   104 
   105 * Obsolete command 'types' has been discontinued.  Use 'type_synonym'
   106 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   107 
   108 * Old code generator for SML and its commands 'code_module',
   109 'code_library', 'consts_code', 'types_code' have been discontinued.
   110 Use commands of the generic code generator instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   111 
   112 * Redundant attribute "code_inline" has been discontinued. Use
   113 "code_unfold" instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   114 
   115 * Dropped attribute "code_unfold_post" in favor of the its dual
   116 "code_abbrev", which yields a common pattern in definitions like
   117 
   118   definition [code_abbrev]: "f = t"
   119 
   120 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   121 
   122 * Sort constraints are now propagated in simultaneous statements, just
   123 like type constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
   124 distinct sorts used to be assigned accidentally.  For example:
   125 
   126   lemma "P (x::'a::foo)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"  -- "now illegal"
   127 
   128   lemma "P (x::'a)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"
   129     -- "now uniform 'a::bar instead of default sort for first occurrence (!)"
   130 
   131 
   132 *** HOL ***
   133 
   134 * New tutorial "Programming and Proving in Isabelle/HOL" ("prog-prove").
   135 It completely supercedes "A Tutorial Introduction to Structured Isar Proofs",
   136 which has been removed. It supercedes "Isabelle/HOL, A Proof Assistant
   137 for Higher-Order Logic" as the recommended beginners tutorial
   138 but does not cover all of the material of that old tutorial.
   139 
   140 * Discontinued old Tutorial on Isar ("isar-overview");
   141 
   142 * Type 'a set is now a proper type constructor (just as before
   143 Isabelle2008).  Definitions mem_def and Collect_def have disappeared.
   144 Non-trivial INCOMPATIBILITY.  For developments keeping predicates and
   145 sets separate, it is often sufficient to rephrase sets S accidentally
   146 used as predicates by "%x. x : S" and predicates P accidentally used
   147 as sets by "{x. P x}".  Corresponding proofs in a first step should be
   148 pruned from any tinkering with former theorems mem_def and Collect_def
   149 as far as possible.
   150 
   151 For developments which deliberately mixed predicates and sets, a
   152 planning step is necessary to determine what should become a predicate
   153 and what a set.  It can be helpful to carry out that step in
   154 Isabelle2011-1 before jumping right into the current release.
   155 
   156 * The representation of numerals has changed.  Datatype "num"
   157 represents strictly positive binary numerals, along with functions
   158 "numeral :: num => 'a" and "neg_numeral :: num => 'a" to represent
   159 positive and negated numeric literals, respectively. (See definitions
   160 in ~~/src/HOL/Num.thy.) Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, some user theories
   161 may require adaptations as follows:
   162 
   163   - Theorems with number_ring or number_semiring constraints: These
   164     classes are gone; use comm_ring_1 or comm_semiring_1 instead.
   165 
   166   - Theories defining numeric types: Remove number, number_semiring,
   167     and number_ring instances. Defer all theorems about numerals until
   168     after classes one and semigroup_add have been instantiated.
   169 
   170   - Numeral-only simp rules: Replace each rule having a "number_of v"
   171     pattern with two copies, one for numeral and one for neg_numeral.
   172 
   173   - Theorems about subclasses of semiring_1 or ring_1: These classes
   174     automatically support numerals now, so more simp rules and
   175     simprocs may now apply within the proof.
   176 
   177   - Definitions and theorems using old constructors Pls/Min/Bit0/Bit1:
   178     Redefine using other integer operations.
   179 
   180 * Code generation by default implements sets as container type rather
   181 than predicates.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   182 
   183 * New proof import from HOL Light: Faster, simpler, and more scalable.
   184 Requires a proof bundle, which is available as an external component.
   185 Discontinued old (and mostly dead) Importer for HOL4 and HOL Light.
   186 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   187 
   188 * New type synonym 'a rel = ('a * 'a) set
   189 
   190 * More default pred/set conversions on a couple of relation operations
   191 and predicates.  Added powers of predicate relations.  Consolidation
   192 of some relation theorems:
   193 
   194   converse_def ~> converse_unfold
   195   rel_comp_def ~> relcomp_unfold
   196   symp_def ~> (dropped, use symp_def and sym_def instead)
   197   transp_def ~> transp_trans
   198   Domain_def ~> Domain_unfold
   199   Range_def ~> Domain_converse [symmetric]
   200 
   201 Generalized theorems INF_INT_eq, INF_INT_eq2, SUP_UN_eq, SUP_UN_eq2.
   202 
   203 See theory "Relation" for examples for making use of pred/set
   204 conversions by means of attributes "to_set" and "to_pred".
   205 
   206 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   207 
   208 * Renamed facts about the power operation on relations, i.e., relpow
   209 to match the constant's name:
   210 
   211   rel_pow_1 ~> relpow_1
   212   rel_pow_0_I ~> relpow_0_I
   213   rel_pow_Suc_I ~> relpow_Suc_I
   214   rel_pow_Suc_I2 ~> relpow_Suc_I2
   215   rel_pow_0_E ~> relpow_0_E
   216   rel_pow_Suc_E ~> relpow_Suc_E
   217   rel_pow_E ~> relpow_E
   218   rel_pow_Suc_D2 ~> relpow_Suc_D2
   219   rel_pow_Suc_E2 ~> relpow_Suc_E2
   220   rel_pow_Suc_D2' ~> relpow_Suc_D2'
   221   rel_pow_E2 ~> relpow_E2
   222   rel_pow_add ~> relpow_add
   223   rel_pow_commute ~> relpow
   224   rel_pow_empty ~> relpow_empty:
   225   rtrancl_imp_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_UN_relpow
   226   rel_pow_imp_rtrancl ~> relpow_imp_rtrancl
   227   rtrancl_is_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_is_UN_relpow
   228   rtrancl_imp_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_relpow
   229   rel_pow_fun_conv ~> relpow_fun_conv
   230   rel_pow_finite_bounded1 ~> relpow_finite_bounded1
   231   rel_pow_finite_bounded ~> relpow_finite_bounded
   232   rtrancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_finite_eq_relpow
   233   trancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> trancl_finite_eq_relpow
   234   single_valued_rel_pow ~> single_valued_relpow
   235 
   236 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   237 
   238 * Theory Relation: Consolidated constant name for relation composition
   239 and corresponding theorem names:
   240 
   241   - Renamed constant rel_comp to relcomp.
   242 
   243   - Dropped abbreviation pred_comp. Use relcompp instead.
   244 
   245   - Renamed theorems:
   246 
   247     rel_compI ~> relcompI
   248     rel_compEpair ~> relcompEpair
   249     rel_compE ~> relcompE
   250     pred_comp_rel_comp_eq ~> relcompp_relcomp_eq
   251     rel_comp_empty1 ~> relcomp_empty1
   252     rel_comp_mono ~> relcomp_mono
   253     rel_comp_subset_Sigma ~> relcomp_subset_Sigma
   254     rel_comp_distrib ~> relcomp_distrib
   255     rel_comp_distrib2 ~> relcomp_distrib2
   256     rel_comp_UNION_distrib ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib
   257     rel_comp_UNION_distrib2 ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib2
   258     single_valued_rel_comp ~> single_valued_relcomp
   259     rel_comp_def ~> relcomp_unfold
   260     converse_rel_comp ~> converse_relcomp
   261     pred_compI ~> relcomppI
   262     pred_compE ~> relcomppE
   263     pred_comp_bot1 ~> relcompp_bot1
   264     pred_comp_bot2 ~> relcompp_bot2
   265     transp_pred_comp_less_eq ~> transp_relcompp_less_eq
   266     pred_comp_mono ~> relcompp_mono
   267     pred_comp_distrib ~> relcompp_distrib
   268     pred_comp_distrib2 ~> relcompp_distrib2
   269     converse_pred_comp ~> converse_relcompp
   270 
   271     finite_rel_comp ~> finite_relcomp
   272 
   273     set_rel_comp ~> set_relcomp
   274 
   275 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   276 
   277 * Theory Divides: Discontinued redundant theorems about div and mod.
   278 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
   279 
   280   DIVISION_BY_ZERO ~> div_by_0, mod_by_0
   281   zdiv_self ~> div_self
   282   zmod_self ~> mod_self
   283   zdiv_zero ~> div_0
   284   zmod_zero ~> mod_0
   285   zdiv_zmod_equality ~> div_mod_equality2
   286   zdiv_zmod_equality2 ~> div_mod_equality
   287   zmod_zdiv_trivial ~> mod_div_trivial
   288   zdiv_zminus_zminus ~> div_minus_minus
   289   zmod_zminus_zminus ~> mod_minus_minus
   290   zdiv_zminus2 ~> div_minus_right
   291   zmod_zminus2 ~> mod_minus_right
   292   zdiv_minus1_right ~> div_minus1_right
   293   zmod_minus1_right ~> mod_minus1_right
   294   zdvd_mult_div_cancel ~> dvd_mult_div_cancel
   295   zmod_zmult1_eq ~> mod_mult_right_eq
   296   zpower_zmod ~> power_mod
   297   zdvd_zmod ~> dvd_mod
   298   zdvd_zmod_imp_zdvd ~> dvd_mod_imp_dvd
   299   mod_mult_distrib ~> mult_mod_left
   300   mod_mult_distrib2 ~> mult_mod_right
   301 
   302 * Removed redundant theorems nat_mult_2 and nat_mult_2_right; use
   303 generic mult_2 and mult_2_right instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   304 
   305 * Finite_Set.fold now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   306 
   307 * Consolidated theorem names concerning fold combinators:
   308 
   309   inf_INFI_fold_inf ~> inf_INF_fold_inf
   310   sup_SUPR_fold_sup ~> sup_SUP_fold_sup
   311   INFI_fold_inf ~> INF_fold_inf
   312   SUPR_fold_sup ~> SUP_fold_sup
   313   union_set ~> union_set_fold
   314   minus_set ~> minus_set_fold
   315   INFI_set_fold ~> INF_set_fold
   316   SUPR_set_fold ~> SUP_set_fold
   317   INF_code ~> INF_set_foldr
   318   SUP_code ~> SUP_set_foldr
   319   foldr.simps ~> foldr.simps (in point-free formulation)
   320   foldr_fold_rev ~> foldr_conv_fold
   321   foldl_fold ~> foldl_conv_fold
   322   foldr_foldr ~> foldr_conv_foldl
   323   foldl_foldr ~> foldl_conv_foldr
   324   fold_set_remdups ~> fold_set_fold_remdups
   325   fold_set ~> fold_set_fold
   326   fold1_set ~> fold1_set_fold
   327 
   328 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   329 
   330 * Dropped rarely useful theorems concerning fold combinators:
   331 foldl_apply, foldl_fun_comm, foldl_rev, fold_weak_invariant,
   332 rev_foldl_cons, fold_set_remdups, fold_set, fold_set1,
   333 concat_conv_foldl, foldl_weak_invariant, foldl_invariant,
   334 foldr_invariant, foldl_absorb0, foldl_foldr1_lemma, foldl_foldr1,
   335 listsum_conv_fold, listsum_foldl, sort_foldl_insort, foldl_assoc,
   336 foldr_conv_foldl, start_le_sum, elem_le_sum, sum_eq_0_conv.
   337 INCOMPATIBILITY.  For the common phrases "%xs. List.foldr plus xs 0"
   338 and "List.foldl plus 0", prefer "List.listsum".  Otherwise it can be
   339 useful to boil down "List.foldr" and "List.foldl" to "List.fold" by
   340 unfolding "foldr_conv_fold" and "foldl_conv_fold".
   341 
   342 * Dropped lemmas minus_set_foldr, union_set_foldr, union_coset_foldr,
   343 inter_coset_foldr, Inf_fin_set_foldr, Sup_fin_set_foldr,
   344 Min_fin_set_foldr, Max_fin_set_foldr, Inf_set_foldr, Sup_set_foldr,
   345 INF_set_foldr, SUP_set_foldr.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Prefer corresponding
   346 lemmas over fold rather than foldr, or make use of lemmas
   347 fold_conv_foldr and fold_rev.
   348 
   349 * Congruence rules Option.map_cong and Option.bind_cong for recursion
   350 through option types.
   351 
   352 * Concrete syntax for case expressions includes constraints for source
   353 positions, and thus produces Prover IDE markup for its bindings.
   354 INCOMPATIBILITY for old-style syntax translations that augment the
   355 pattern notation; e.g. see src/HOL/HOLCF/One.thy for translations of
   356 one_case.
   357 
   358 * Discontinued configuration option "syntax_positions": atomic terms
   359 in parse trees are always annotated by position constraints.
   360 
   361 * New theory HOL/Library/DAList provides an abstract type for
   362 association lists with distinct keys.
   363 
   364 * 'datatype' specifications allow explicit sort constraints.
   365 
   366 * Theory HOL/Library/Diagonalize has been removed. INCOMPATIBILITY,
   367 use theory HOL/Library/Nat_Bijection instead.
   368 
   369 * Theory HOL/Library/RBT_Impl: Backing implementation of red-black
   370 trees is now inside a type class context.  Names of affected
   371 operations and lemmas have been prefixed by rbt_.  INCOMPATIBILITY for
   372 theories working directly with raw red-black trees, adapt the names as
   373 follows:
   374 
   375   Operations:
   376   bulkload -> rbt_bulkload
   377   del_from_left -> rbt_del_from_left
   378   del_from_right -> rbt_del_from_right
   379   del -> rbt_del
   380   delete -> rbt_delete
   381   ins -> rbt_ins
   382   insert -> rbt_insert
   383   insertw -> rbt_insert_with
   384   insert_with_key -> rbt_insert_with_key
   385   map_entry -> rbt_map_entry
   386   lookup -> rbt_lookup
   387   sorted -> rbt_sorted
   388   tree_greater -> rbt_greater
   389   tree_less -> rbt_less
   390   tree_less_symbol -> rbt_less_symbol
   391   union -> rbt_union
   392   union_with -> rbt_union_with
   393   union_with_key -> rbt_union_with_key
   394 
   395   Lemmas:
   396   balance_left_sorted -> balance_left_rbt_sorted
   397   balance_left_tree_greater -> balance_left_rbt_greater
   398   balance_left_tree_less -> balance_left_rbt_less
   399   balance_right_sorted -> balance_right_rbt_sorted
   400   balance_right_tree_greater -> balance_right_rbt_greater
   401   balance_right_tree_less -> balance_right_rbt_less
   402   balance_sorted -> balance_rbt_sorted
   403   balance_tree_greater -> balance_rbt_greater
   404   balance_tree_less -> balance_rbt_less
   405   bulkload_is_rbt -> rbt_bulkload_is_rbt
   406   combine_sorted -> combine_rbt_sorted
   407   combine_tree_greater -> combine_rbt_greater
   408   combine_tree_less -> combine_rbt_less
   409   delete_in_tree -> rbt_delete_in_tree
   410   delete_is_rbt -> rbt_delete_is_rbt
   411   del_from_left_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_greater
   412   del_from_left_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_less
   413   del_from_right_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_greater
   414   del_from_right_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_less
   415   del_in_tree -> rbt_del_in_tree
   416   del_inv1_inv2 -> rbt_del_inv1_inv2
   417   del_sorted -> rbt_del_rbt_sorted
   418   del_tree_greater -> rbt_del_rbt_greater
   419   del_tree_less -> rbt_del_rbt_less
   420   dom_lookup_Branch -> dom_rbt_lookup_Branch
   421   entries_lookup -> entries_rbt_lookup
   422   finite_dom_lookup -> finite_dom_rbt_lookup
   423   insert_sorted -> rbt_insert_rbt_sorted
   424   insertw_is_rbt -> rbt_insertw_is_rbt
   425   insertwk_is_rbt -> rbt_insertwk_is_rbt
   426   insertwk_sorted -> rbt_insertwk_rbt_sorted
   427   insertw_sorted -> rbt_insertw_rbt_sorted
   428   ins_sorted -> ins_rbt_sorted
   429   ins_tree_greater -> ins_rbt_greater
   430   ins_tree_less -> ins_rbt_less
   431   is_rbt_sorted -> is_rbt_rbt_sorted
   432   lookup_balance -> rbt_lookup_balance
   433   lookup_bulkload -> rbt_lookup_rbt_bulkload
   434   lookup_delete -> rbt_lookup_rbt_delete
   435   lookup_Empty -> rbt_lookup_Empty
   436   lookup_from_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_from_in_tree
   437   lookup_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_in_tree
   438   lookup_ins -> rbt_lookup_ins
   439   lookup_insert -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insert
   440   lookup_insertw -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertw
   441   lookup_insertwk -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertwk
   442   lookup_keys -> rbt_lookup_keys
   443   lookup_map -> rbt_lookup_map
   444   lookup_map_entry -> rbt_lookup_rbt_map_entry
   445   lookup_tree_greater -> rbt_lookup_rbt_greater
   446   lookup_tree_less -> rbt_lookup_rbt_less
   447   lookup_union -> rbt_lookup_rbt_union
   448   map_entry_color_of -> rbt_map_entry_color_of
   449   map_entry_inv1 -> rbt_map_entry_inv1
   450   map_entry_inv2 -> rbt_map_entry_inv2
   451   map_entry_is_rbt -> rbt_map_entry_is_rbt
   452   map_entry_sorted -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_sorted
   453   map_entry_tree_greater -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_greater
   454   map_entry_tree_less -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_less
   455   map_tree_greater -> map_rbt_greater
   456   map_tree_less -> map_rbt_less
   457   map_sorted -> map_rbt_sorted
   458   paint_sorted -> paint_rbt_sorted
   459   paint_lookup -> paint_rbt_lookup
   460   paint_tree_greater -> paint_rbt_greater
   461   paint_tree_less -> paint_rbt_less
   462   sorted_entries -> rbt_sorted_entries
   463   tree_greater_eq_trans -> rbt_greater_eq_trans
   464   tree_greater_nit -> rbt_greater_nit
   465   tree_greater_prop -> rbt_greater_prop
   466   tree_greater_simps -> rbt_greater_simps
   467   tree_greater_trans -> rbt_greater_trans
   468   tree_less_eq_trans -> rbt_less_eq_trans
   469   tree_less_nit -> rbt_less_nit
   470   tree_less_prop -> rbt_less_prop
   471   tree_less_simps -> rbt_less_simps
   472   tree_less_trans -> rbt_less_trans
   473   tree_ord_props -> rbt_ord_props
   474   union_Branch -> rbt_union_Branch
   475   union_is_rbt -> rbt_union_is_rbt
   476   unionw_is_rbt -> rbt_unionw_is_rbt
   477   unionwk_is_rbt -> rbt_unionwk_is_rbt
   478   unionwk_sorted -> rbt_unionwk_rbt_sorted
   479 
   480 * Theory HOL/Library/Float: Floating point numbers are now defined as a
   481 subset of the real numbers. All operations are defined using the
   482 lifing-framework and most proofs use the transfer method.
   483 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   484 
   485   Changed Operations:
   486   scale   ~>   exponent
   487   pow2 x  ~>   use "2 powr (real x)"
   488 
   489 * Session HOL-Word: Discontinued many redundant theorems specific to
   490 type 'a word. INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems
   491 instead.
   492 
   493   word_sub_alt ~> word_sub_wi
   494   word_add_alt ~> word_add_def
   495   word_mult_alt ~> word_mult_def
   496   word_minus_alt ~> word_minus_def
   497   word_0_alt ~> word_0_wi
   498   word_1_alt ~> word_1_wi
   499   word_add_0 ~> add_0_left
   500   word_add_0_right ~> add_0_right
   501   word_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   502   word_mult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   503   word_add_commute ~> add_commute
   504   word_add_assoc ~> add_assoc
   505   word_add_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   506   word_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   507   word_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   508   word_mult_left_commute ~> mult_left_commute
   509   word_left_distrib ~> left_distrib
   510   word_right_distrib ~> right_distrib
   511   word_left_minus ~> left_minus
   512   word_diff_0_right ~> diff_0_right
   513   word_diff_self ~> diff_self
   514   word_sub_def ~> diff_minus
   515   word_diff_minus ~> diff_minus
   516   word_add_ac ~> add_ac
   517   word_mult_ac ~> mult_ac
   518   word_plus_ac0 ~> add_0_left add_0_right add_ac
   519   word_times_ac1 ~> mult_1_left mult_1_right mult_ac
   520   word_order_trans ~> order_trans
   521   word_order_refl ~> order_refl
   522   word_order_antisym ~> order_antisym
   523   word_order_linear ~> linorder_linear
   524   lenw1_zero_neq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   525   word_number_of_eq ~> number_of_eq
   526   word_of_int_add_hom ~> wi_hom_add
   527   word_of_int_sub_hom ~> wi_hom_sub
   528   word_of_int_mult_hom ~> wi_hom_mult
   529   word_of_int_minus_hom ~> wi_hom_neg
   530   word_of_int_succ_hom ~> wi_hom_succ
   531   word_of_int_pred_hom ~> wi_hom_pred
   532   word_of_int_0_hom ~> word_0_wi
   533   word_of_int_1_hom ~> word_1_wi
   534 
   535 * New tactic "word_bitwise" for splitting machine word equalities and
   536 inequalities into logical circuits. Requires theory "WordBitwise" from HOL-Word
   537 session. Supports addition, subtraction, multiplication, shifting by
   538 constants, bitwise operators and numeric constants. Requires fixed-length word
   539 types, cannot operate on 'a word. Solves many standard word identies outright
   540 and converts more into first order problems amenable to blast or similar. See
   541 HOL/Word/WordBitwise.thy and examples in HOL/Word/Examples/WordExamples.thy.
   542 
   543 * Clarified attribute "mono_set": pure declaration without modifying
   544 the result of the fact expression.
   545 
   546 * "Transitive_Closure.ntrancl": bounded transitive closure on
   547 relations.
   548 
   549 * Constant "Set.not_member" now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   550 
   551 * Theory Int: Discontinued many legacy theorems specific to type int.
   552 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
   553 
   554   zminus_zminus ~> minus_minus
   555   zminus_0 ~> minus_zero
   556   zminus_zadd_distrib ~> minus_add_distrib
   557   zadd_commute ~> add_commute
   558   zadd_assoc ~> add_assoc
   559   zadd_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   560   zadd_ac ~> add_ac
   561   zmult_ac ~> mult_ac
   562   zadd_0 ~> add_0_left
   563   zadd_0_right ~> add_0_right
   564   zadd_zminus_inverse2 ~> left_minus
   565   zmult_zminus ~> mult_minus_left
   566   zmult_commute ~> mult_commute
   567   zmult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   568   zadd_zmult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   569   zadd_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_distrib
   570   zdiff_zmult_distrib ~> left_diff_distrib
   571   zdiff_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_diff_distrib
   572   zmult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   573   zmult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   574   zle_refl ~> order_refl
   575   zle_trans ~> order_trans
   576   zle_antisym ~> order_antisym
   577   zle_linear ~> linorder_linear
   578   zless_linear ~> linorder_less_linear
   579   zadd_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   580   zadd_strict_right_mono ~> add_strict_right_mono
   581   zadd_zless_mono ~> add_less_le_mono
   582   int_0_less_1 ~> zero_less_one
   583   int_0_neq_1 ~> zero_neq_one
   584   zless_le ~> less_le
   585   zpower_zadd_distrib ~> power_add
   586   zero_less_zpower_abs_iff ~> zero_less_power_abs_iff
   587   zero_le_zpower_abs ~> zero_le_power_abs
   588 
   589 * Theory Deriv: Renamed
   590 
   591   DERIV_nonneg_imp_nonincreasing ~> DERIV_nonneg_imp_nondecreasing
   592 
   593 * New "case_product" attribute to generate a case rule doing multiple
   594 case distinctions at the same time.  E.g.
   595 
   596   list.exhaust [case_product nat.exhaust]
   597 
   598 produces a rule which can be used to perform case distinction on both
   599 a list and a nat.
   600 
   601 * Theory Library/Multiset: Improved code generation of multisets.
   602 
   603 * New diagnostic command 'find_unused_assms' to find potentially
   604 superfluous assumptions in theorems using Quickcheck.
   605 
   606 * Quickcheck:
   607 
   608   - Quickcheck returns variable assignments as counterexamples, which
   609     allows to reveal the underspecification of functions under test.
   610     For example, refuting "hd xs = x", it presents the variable
   611     assignment xs = [] and x = a1 as a counterexample, assuming that
   612     any property is false whenever "hd []" occurs in it.
   613 
   614     These counterexample are marked as potentially spurious, as
   615     Quickcheck also returns "xs = []" as a counterexample to the
   616     obvious theorem "hd xs = hd xs".
   617 
   618     After finding a potentially spurious counterexample, Quickcheck
   619     continues searching for genuine ones.
   620 
   621     By default, Quickcheck shows potentially spurious and genuine
   622     counterexamples. The option "genuine_only" sets quickcheck to only
   623     show genuine counterexamples.
   624 
   625   - The command 'quickcheck_generator' creates random and exhaustive
   626     value generators for a given type and operations.
   627 
   628     It generates values by using the operations as if they were
   629     constructors of that type.
   630 
   631   - Support for multisets.
   632 
   633   - Added "use_subtype" options.
   634 
   635   - Added "quickcheck_locale" configuration to specify how to process
   636     conjectures in a locale context.
   637 
   638 * Nitpick:
   639   - Fixed infinite loop caused by the 'peephole_optim' option and
   640     affecting 'rat' and 'real'.
   641 
   642 * Sledgehammer:
   643   - Integrated more tightly with SPASS, as described in the ITP 2012 paper "More
   644     SPASS with Isabelle".
   645   - Made it try "smt" as a fallback if "metis" fails or times out.
   646   - Added support for the following provers: Alt-Ergo (via Why3 and TFF1),
   647     iProver, iProver-Eq.
   648   - Replaced remote E-SInE with remote Satallax in the default setup.
   649   - Sped up the minimizer.
   650   - Added "lam_trans", "uncurry_aliases", and "minimize" options.
   651   - Renamed "slicing" ("no_slicing") option to "slice" ("dont_slice").
   652   - Renamed "sound" option to "strict".
   653 
   654 * Metis:
   655   - Added possibility to specify lambda translations scheme as a
   656     parenthesized argument (e.g., "by (metis (lifting) ...)").
   657 
   658 * SMT:
   659   - Renamed "smt_fixed" option to "smt_read_only_certificates".
   660 
   661 * Command 'try0':
   662   - Renamed from 'try_methods'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   663 
   664 * New "eventually_elim" method as a generalized variant of the
   665 eventually_elim* rules. Supports structured proofs.
   666 
   667 * HOL/TPTP: support to parse and import TPTP problems (all languages)
   668 into Isabelle/HOL.
   669 
   670 
   671 *** FOL ***
   672 
   673 * New "case_product" attribute (see HOL).
   674 
   675 
   676 *** ZF ***
   677 
   678 * Greater support for structured proofs involving induction or case
   679 analysis.
   680 
   681 * Much greater use of mathematical symbols.
   682 
   683 * Removal of many ML theorem bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   684 
   685 
   686 *** ML ***
   687 
   688 * Antiquotation @{keyword "name"} produces a parser for outer syntax
   689 from a minor keyword introduced via theory header declaration.
   690 
   691 * Antiquotation @{command_spec "name"} produces the
   692 Outer_Syntax.command_spec from a major keyword introduced via theory
   693 header declaration; it can be passed to Outer_Syntax.command etc.
   694 
   695 * Local_Theory.define no longer hard-wires default theorem name
   696 "foo_def", but retains the binding as given.  If that is Binding.empty
   697 / Attrib.empty_binding, the result is not registered as user-level
   698 fact.  The Local_Theory.define_internal variant allows to specify a
   699 non-empty name (used for the foundation in the background theory),
   700 while omitting the fact binding in the user-context.  Potential
   701 INCOMPATIBILITY for derived definitional packages: need to specify
   702 naming policy for primitive definitions more explicitly.
   703 
   704 * Renamed Thm.capply to Thm.apply, and Thm.cabs to Thm.lambda in
   705 conformance with similar operations in structure Term and Logic.
   706 
   707 * Antiquotation @{attributes [...]} embeds attribute source
   708 representation into the ML text, which is particularly useful with
   709 declarations like Local_Theory.note.
   710 
   711 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
   712 ProofContext has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   713 
   714 * Refined Local_Theory.declaration {syntax, pervasive}, with subtle
   715 change of semantics: update is applied to auxiliary local theory
   716 context as well.
   717 
   718 * Modernized some old-style infix operations:
   719 
   720   addeqcongs    ~> Simplifier.add_eqcong
   721   deleqcongs    ~> Simplifier.del_eqcong
   722   addcongs      ~> Simplifier.add_cong
   723   delcongs      ~> Simplifier.del_cong
   724   setmksimps    ~> Simplifier.set_mksimps
   725   setmkcong     ~> Simplifier.set_mkcong
   726   setmksym      ~> Simplifier.set_mksym
   727   setmkeqTrue   ~> Simplifier.set_mkeqTrue
   728   settermless   ~> Simplifier.set_termless
   729   setsubgoaler  ~> Simplifier.set_subgoaler
   730   addsplits     ~> Splitter.add_split
   731   delsplits     ~> Splitter.del_split
   732 
   733 
   734 *** System ***
   735 
   736 * ISABELLE_JDK_HOME settings variable points to JDK with javac and jar
   737 (not just JRE).
   738 
   739 * ISABELLE_HOME_WINDOWS refers to ISABELLE_HOME in windows file name
   740 notation, which is useful for the jEdit file browser, for example.
   741 
   742 
   743 
   744 New in Isabelle2011-1 (October 2011)
   745 ------------------------------------
   746 
   747 *** General ***
   748 
   749 * Improved Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE (PIDE), which can be invoked as
   750 "isabelle jedit" or "ISABELLE_HOME/Isabelle" on the command line.
   751 
   752   - Management of multiple theory files directly from the editor
   753     buffer store -- bypassing the file-system (no requirement to save
   754     files for checking).
   755 
   756   - Markup of formal entities within the text buffer, with semantic
   757     highlighting, tooltips and hyperlinks to jump to defining source
   758     positions.
   759 
   760   - Improved text rendering, with sub/superscripts in the source
   761     buffer (including support for copy/paste wrt. output panel, HTML
   762     theory output and other non-Isabelle text boxes).
   763 
   764   - Refined scheduling of proof checking and printing of results,
   765     based on interactive editor view.  (Note: jEdit folding and
   766     narrowing allows to restrict buffer perspectives explicitly.)
   767 
   768   - Reduced CPU performance requirements, usable on machines with few
   769     cores.
   770 
   771   - Reduced memory requirements due to pruning of unused document
   772     versions (garbage collection).
   773 
   774 See also ~~/src/Tools/jEdit/README.html for further information,
   775 including some remaining limitations.
   776 
   777 * Theory loader: source files are exclusively located via the master
   778 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
   779 The global load path (such as src/HOL/Library) has been discontinued.
   780 Note that the path element ~~ may be used to reference theories in the
   781 Isabelle home folder -- for instance, "~~/src/HOL/Library/FuncSet".
   782 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   783 
   784 * Theory loader: source files are identified by content via SHA1
   785 digests.  Discontinued former path/modtime identification and optional
   786 ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT plugin scripts.
   787 
   788 * Parallelization of nested Isar proofs is subject to
   789 Goal.parallel_proofs_threshold (default 100).  See also isabelle
   790 usedir option -Q.
   791 
   792 * Name space: former unsynchronized references are now proper
   793 configuration options, with more conventional names:
   794 
   795   long_names   ~> names_long
   796   short_names  ~> names_short
   797   unique_names ~> names_unique
   798 
   799 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, need to declare options in context like this:
   800 
   801   declare [[names_unique = false]]
   802 
   803 * Literal facts `prop` may contain dummy patterns, e.g. `_ = _`.  Note
   804 that the result needs to be unique, which means fact specifications
   805 may have to be refined after enriching a proof context.
   806 
   807 * Attribute "case_names" has been refined: the assumptions in each case
   808 can be named now by following the case name with [name1 name2 ...].
   809 
   810 * Isabelle/Isar reference manual has been updated and extended:
   811   - "Synopsis" provides a catalog of main Isar language concepts.
   812   - Formal references in syntax diagrams, via @{rail} antiquotation.
   813   - Updated material from classic "ref" manual, notably about
   814     "Classical Reasoner".
   815 
   816 
   817 *** HOL ***
   818 
   819 * Class bot and top require underlying partial order rather than
   820 preorder: uniqueness of bot and top is guaranteed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   821 
   822 * Class complete_lattice: generalized a couple of lemmas from sets;
   823 generalized theorems INF_cong and SUP_cong.  New type classes for
   824 complete boolean algebras and complete linear orders.  Lemmas
   825 Inf_less_iff, less_Sup_iff, INF_less_iff, less_SUP_iff now reside in
   826 class complete_linorder.
   827 
   828 Changed proposition of lemmas Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, Inf_fun_def,
   829 Sup_fun_def, Inf_apply, Sup_apply.
   830 
   831 Removed redundant lemmas (the right hand side gives hints how to
   832 replace them for (metis ...), or (simp only: ...) proofs):
   833 
   834   Inf_singleton ~> Inf_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Inf_empty inf_top_right]
   835   Sup_singleton ~> Sup_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Sup_empty sup_bot_right]
   836   Inf_binary ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   837   Sup_binary ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   838   Int_eq_Inter ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   839   Un_eq_Union ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   840   Inter_def ~> INF_def, image_def
   841   Union_def ~> SUP_def, image_def
   842   INT_eq ~> INF_def, and image_def
   843   UN_eq ~> SUP_def, and image_def
   844   INF_subset ~> INF_superset_mono [OF _ order_refl]
   845 
   846 More consistent and comprehensive names:
   847 
   848   INTER_eq_Inter_image ~> INF_def
   849   UNION_eq_Union_image ~> SUP_def
   850   INFI_def ~> INF_def
   851   SUPR_def ~> SUP_def
   852   INF_leI ~> INF_lower
   853   INF_leI2 ~> INF_lower2
   854   le_INFI ~> INF_greatest
   855   le_SUPI ~> SUP_upper
   856   le_SUPI2 ~> SUP_upper2
   857   SUP_leI ~> SUP_least
   858   INFI_bool_eq ~> INF_bool_eq
   859   SUPR_bool_eq ~> SUP_bool_eq
   860   INFI_apply ~> INF_apply
   861   SUPR_apply ~> SUP_apply
   862   INTER_def ~> INTER_eq
   863   UNION_def ~> UNION_eq
   864 
   865 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   866 
   867 * Renamed theory Complete_Lattice to Complete_Lattices.
   868 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   869 
   870 * Theory Complete_Lattices: lemmas Inf_eq_top_iff, INF_eq_top_iff,
   871 INF_image, Inf_insert, INF_top, Inf_top_conv, INF_top_conv, SUP_bot,
   872 Sup_bot_conv, SUP_bot_conv, Sup_eq_top_iff, SUP_eq_top_iff, SUP_image,
   873 Sup_insert are now declared as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   874 
   875 * Theory Lattice: lemmas compl_inf_bot, compl_le_comp_iff,
   876 compl_sup_top, inf_idem, inf_left_idem, inf_sup_absorb, sup_idem,
   877 sup_inf_absob, sup_left_idem are now declared as [simp].  Minor
   878 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   879 
   880 * Added syntactic classes "inf" and "sup" for the respective
   881 constants.  INCOMPATIBILITY: Changes in the argument order of the
   882 (mostly internal) locale predicates for some derived classes.
   883 
   884 * Theorem collections ball_simps and bex_simps do not contain theorems
   885 referring to UNION any longer; these have been moved to collection
   886 UN_ball_bex_simps.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   887 
   888 * Theory Archimedean_Field: floor now is defined as parameter of a
   889 separate type class floor_ceiling.
   890 
   891 * Theory Finite_Set: more coherent development of fold_set locales:
   892 
   893     locale fun_left_comm ~> locale comp_fun_commute
   894     locale fun_left_comm_idem ~> locale comp_fun_idem
   895 
   896 Both use point-free characterization; interpretation proofs may need
   897 adjustment.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   898 
   899 * Theory Limits: Type "'a net" has been renamed to "'a filter", in
   900 accordance with standard mathematical terminology. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   901 
   902 * Theory Complex_Main: The locale interpretations for the
   903 bounded_linear and bounded_bilinear locales have been removed, in
   904 order to reduce the number of duplicate lemmas. Users must use the
   905 original names for distributivity theorems, potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
   906 
   907   divide.add ~> add_divide_distrib
   908   divide.diff ~> diff_divide_distrib
   909   divide.setsum ~> setsum_divide_distrib
   910   mult.add_right ~> right_distrib
   911   mult.diff_right ~> right_diff_distrib
   912   mult_right.setsum ~> setsum_right_distrib
   913   mult_left.diff ~> left_diff_distrib
   914 
   915 * Theory Complex_Main: Several redundant theorems have been removed or
   916 replaced by more general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   917 
   918   real_diff_def ~> minus_real_def
   919   real_divide_def ~> divide_real_def
   920   real_less_def ~> less_le
   921   real_abs_def ~> abs_real_def
   922   real_sgn_def ~> sgn_real_def
   923   real_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   924   real_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   925   real_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   926   real_add_mult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   927   real_zero_not_eq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   928   real_mult_inverse_left ~> left_inverse
   929   INVERSE_ZERO ~> inverse_zero
   930   real_le_refl ~> order_refl
   931   real_le_antisym ~> order_antisym
   932   real_le_trans ~> order_trans
   933   real_le_linear ~> linear
   934   real_le_eq_diff ~> le_iff_diff_le_0
   935   real_add_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   936   real_mult_order ~> mult_pos_pos
   937   real_mult_less_mono2 ~> mult_strict_left_mono
   938   real_of_int_real_of_nat ~> real_of_int_of_nat_eq
   939   real_0_le_divide_iff ~> zero_le_divide_iff
   940   realpow_two_disj ~> power2_eq_iff
   941   real_squared_diff_one_factored ~> square_diff_one_factored
   942   realpow_two_diff ~> square_diff_square_factored
   943   reals_complete2 ~> complete_real
   944   real_sum_squared_expand ~> power2_sum
   945   exp_ln_eq ~> ln_unique
   946   expi_add ~> exp_add
   947   expi_zero ~> exp_zero
   948   lemma_DERIV_subst ~> DERIV_cong
   949   LIMSEQ_Zfun_iff ~> tendsto_Zfun_iff
   950   LIMSEQ_const ~> tendsto_const
   951   LIMSEQ_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   952   LIMSEQ_add ~> tendsto_add
   953   LIMSEQ_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   954   LIMSEQ_minus_cancel ~> tendsto_minus_cancel
   955   LIMSEQ_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   956   bounded_linear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   957   bounded_bilinear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   958   LIMSEQ_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   959   LIMSEQ_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   960   LIMSEQ_divide ~> tendsto_divide
   961   LIMSEQ_pow ~> tendsto_power
   962   LIMSEQ_setsum ~> tendsto_setsum
   963   LIMSEQ_setprod ~> tendsto_setprod
   964   LIMSEQ_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   965   LIMSEQ_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   966   LIMSEQ_imp_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   967   LIMSEQ_add_minus ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_minus]
   968   LIMSEQ_add_const ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_const]
   969   LIMSEQ_diff_const ~> tendsto_diff [OF _ tendsto_const]
   970   LIMSEQ_Complex ~> tendsto_Complex
   971   LIM_ident ~> tendsto_ident_at
   972   LIM_const ~> tendsto_const
   973   LIM_add ~> tendsto_add
   974   LIM_add_zero ~> tendsto_add_zero
   975   LIM_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   976   LIM_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   977   LIM_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   978   LIM_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero
   979   LIM_norm_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_norm_zero_cancel
   980   LIM_norm_zero_iff ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   981   LIM_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   982   LIM_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero
   983   LIM_rabs_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_cancel
   984   LIM_rabs_zero_iff ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   985   LIM_compose ~> tendsto_compose
   986   LIM_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   987   LIM_scaleR ~> tendsto_scaleR
   988   LIM_of_real ~> tendsto_of_real
   989   LIM_power ~> tendsto_power
   990   LIM_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   991   LIM_sgn ~> tendsto_sgn
   992   isCont_LIM_compose ~> isCont_tendsto_compose
   993   bounded_linear.LIM ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   994   bounded_linear.LIM_zero ~> bounded_linear.tendsto_zero
   995   bounded_bilinear.LIM ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   996   bounded_bilinear.LIM_prod_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_zero
   997   bounded_bilinear.LIM_left_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_left_zero
   998   bounded_bilinear.LIM_right_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_right_zero
   999   LIM_inverse_fun ~> tendsto_inverse [OF tendsto_ident_at]
  1000 
  1001 * Theory Complex_Main: The definition of infinite series was
  1002 generalized.  Now it is defined on the type class {topological_space,
  1003 comm_monoid_add}.  Hence it is useable also for extended real numbers.
  1004 
  1005 * Theory Complex_Main: The complex exponential function "expi" is now
  1006 a type-constrained abbreviation for "exp :: complex => complex"; thus
  1007 several polymorphic lemmas about "exp" are now applicable to "expi".
  1008 
  1009 * Code generation:
  1010 
  1011   - Theory Library/Code_Char_ord provides native ordering of
  1012     characters in the target language.
  1013 
  1014   - Commands code_module and code_library are legacy, use export_code
  1015     instead.
  1016 
  1017   - Method "evaluation" is legacy, use method "eval" instead.
  1018 
  1019   - Legacy evaluator "SML" is deactivated by default.  May be
  1020     reactivated by the following theory command:
  1021 
  1022       setup {* Value.add_evaluator ("SML", Codegen.eval_term) *}
  1023 
  1024 * Declare ext [intro] by default.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1025 
  1026 * New proof method "induction" that gives induction hypotheses the
  1027 name "IH", thus distinguishing them from further hypotheses that come
  1028 from rule induction.  The latter are still called "hyps".  Method
  1029 "induction" is a thin wrapper around "induct" and follows the same
  1030 syntax.
  1031 
  1032 * Method "fastsimp" has been renamed to "fastforce", but "fastsimp" is
  1033 still available as a legacy feature for some time.
  1034 
  1035 * Nitpick:
  1036   - Added "need" and "total_consts" options.
  1037   - Reintroduced "show_skolems" option by popular demand.
  1038   - Renamed attribute: nitpick_def ~> nitpick_unfold.
  1039     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1040 
  1041 * Sledgehammer:
  1042   - Use quasi-sound (and efficient) translations by default.
  1043   - Added support for the following provers: E-ToFoF, LEO-II,
  1044     Satallax, SNARK, Waldmeister, and Z3 with TPTP syntax.
  1045   - Automatically preplay and minimize proofs before showing them if
  1046     this can be done within reasonable time.
  1047   - sledgehammer available_provers ~> sledgehammer supported_provers.
  1048     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1049   - Added "preplay_timeout", "slicing", "type_enc", "sound",
  1050     "max_mono_iters", and "max_new_mono_instances" options.
  1051   - Removed "explicit_apply" and "full_types" options as well as "Full
  1052     Types" Proof General menu item. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1053 
  1054 * Metis:
  1055   - Removed "metisF" -- use "metis" instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1056   - Obsoleted "metisFT" -- use "metis (full_types)" instead.
  1057     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1058 
  1059 * Command 'try':
  1060   - Renamed 'try_methods' and added "simp:", "intro:", "dest:", and
  1061     "elim:" options. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1062   - Introduced 'try' that not only runs 'try_methods' but also
  1063     'solve_direct', 'sledgehammer', 'quickcheck', and 'nitpick'.
  1064 
  1065 * Quickcheck:
  1066   - Added "eval" option to evaluate terms for the found counterexample
  1067     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
  1068   - Added post-processing of terms to obtain readable counterexamples
  1069     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
  1070   - New counterexample generator quickcheck[narrowing] enables
  1071     narrowing-based testing.  Requires the Glasgow Haskell compiler
  1072     with its installation location defined in the Isabelle settings
  1073     environment as ISABELLE_GHC.
  1074   - Removed quickcheck tester "SML" based on the SML code generator
  1075     (formly in HOL/Library).
  1076 
  1077 * Function package: discontinued option "tailrec".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  1078 use 'partial_function' instead.
  1079 
  1080 * Theory Library/Extended_Reals replaces now the positive extended
  1081 reals found in probability theory. This file is extended by
  1082 Multivariate_Analysis/Extended_Real_Limits.
  1083 
  1084 * Theory Library/Old_Recdef: old 'recdef' package has been moved here,
  1085 from where it must be imported explicitly if it is really required.
  1086 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1087 
  1088 * Theory Library/Wfrec: well-founded recursion combinator "wfrec" has
  1089 been moved here.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1090 
  1091 * Theory Library/Saturated provides type of numbers with saturated
  1092 arithmetic.
  1093 
  1094 * Theory Library/Product_Lattice defines a pointwise ordering for the
  1095 product type 'a * 'b, and provides instance proofs for various order
  1096 and lattice type classes.
  1097 
  1098 * Theory Library/Countable now provides the "countable_datatype" proof
  1099 method for proving "countable" class instances for datatypes.
  1100 
  1101 * Theory Library/Cset_Monad allows do notation for computable sets
  1102 (cset) via the generic monad ad-hoc overloading facility.
  1103 
  1104 * Library: Theories of common data structures are split into theories
  1105 for implementation, an invariant-ensuring type, and connection to an
  1106 abstract type. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1107 
  1108   - RBT is split into RBT and RBT_Mapping.
  1109   - AssocList is split and renamed into AList and AList_Mapping.
  1110   - DList is split into DList_Impl, DList, and DList_Cset.
  1111   - Cset is split into Cset and List_Cset.
  1112 
  1113 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity has been renamed to
  1114 Library/Extended_Nat, with name changes of the following types and
  1115 constants:
  1116 
  1117   type inat   ~> type enat
  1118   Fin         ~> enat
  1119   Infty       ~> infinity (overloaded)
  1120   iSuc        ~> eSuc
  1121   the_Fin     ~> the_enat
  1122 
  1123 Every theorem name containing "inat", "Fin", "Infty", or "iSuc" has
  1124 been renamed accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1125 
  1126 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: The euclidean_space type class now
  1127 fixes a constant "Basis :: 'a set" consisting of the standard
  1128 orthonormal basis for the type. Users now have the option of
  1129 quantifying over this set instead of using the "basis" function, e.g.
  1130 "ALL x:Basis. P x" vs "ALL i<DIM('a). P (basis i)".
  1131 
  1132 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Type "('a, 'b) cart" has been renamed
  1133 to "('a, 'b) vec" (the syntax "'a ^ 'b" remains unaffected). Constants
  1134 "Cart_nth" and "Cart_lambda" have been respectively renamed to
  1135 "vec_nth" and "vec_lambda"; theorems mentioning those names have
  1136 changed to match. Definition theorems for overloaded constants now use
  1137 the standard "foo_vec_def" naming scheme. A few other theorems have
  1138 been renamed as follows (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  1139 
  1140   Cart_eq          ~> vec_eq_iff
  1141   dist_nth_le_cart ~> dist_vec_nth_le
  1142   tendsto_vector   ~> vec_tendstoI
  1143   Cauchy_vector    ~> vec_CauchyI
  1144 
  1145 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Several duplicate theorems have been
  1146 removed, and other theorems have been renamed or replaced with more
  1147 general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1148 
  1149   finite_choice ~> finite_set_choice
  1150   eventually_conjI ~> eventually_conj
  1151   eventually_and ~> eventually_conj_iff
  1152   eventually_false ~> eventually_False
  1153   setsum_norm ~> norm_setsum
  1154   Lim_sequentially ~> LIMSEQ_def
  1155   Lim_ident_at ~> LIM_ident
  1156   Lim_const ~> tendsto_const
  1157   Lim_cmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF tendsto_const]
  1158   Lim_neg ~> tendsto_minus
  1159   Lim_add ~> tendsto_add
  1160   Lim_sub ~> tendsto_diff
  1161   Lim_mul ~> tendsto_scaleR
  1162   Lim_vmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF _ tendsto_const]
  1163   Lim_null_norm ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff [symmetric]
  1164   Lim_linear ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
  1165   Lim_component ~> tendsto_euclidean_component
  1166   Lim_component_cart ~> tendsto_vec_nth
  1167   Lim_inner ~> tendsto_inner [OF tendsto_const]
  1168   dot_lsum ~> inner_setsum_left
  1169   dot_rsum ~> inner_setsum_right
  1170   continuous_cmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF continuous_const]
  1171   continuous_neg ~> continuous_minus
  1172   continuous_sub ~> continuous_diff
  1173   continuous_vmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF _ continuous_const]
  1174   continuous_mul ~> continuous_scaleR
  1175   continuous_inv ~> continuous_inverse
  1176   continuous_at_within_inv ~> continuous_at_within_inverse
  1177   continuous_at_inv ~> continuous_at_inverse
  1178   continuous_at_norm ~> continuous_norm [OF continuous_at_id]
  1179   continuous_at_infnorm ~> continuous_infnorm [OF continuous_at_id]
  1180   continuous_at_component ~> continuous_component [OF continuous_at_id]
  1181   continuous_on_neg ~> continuous_on_minus
  1182   continuous_on_sub ~> continuous_on_diff
  1183   continuous_on_cmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF continuous_on_const]
  1184   continuous_on_vmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF _ continuous_on_const]
  1185   continuous_on_mul ~> continuous_on_scaleR
  1186   continuous_on_mul_real ~> continuous_on_mult
  1187   continuous_on_inner ~> continuous_on_inner [OF continuous_on_const]
  1188   continuous_on_norm ~> continuous_on_norm [OF continuous_on_id]
  1189   continuous_on_inverse ~> continuous_on_inv
  1190   uniformly_continuous_on_neg ~> uniformly_continuous_on_minus
  1191   uniformly_continuous_on_sub ~> uniformly_continuous_on_diff
  1192   subset_interior ~> interior_mono
  1193   subset_closure ~> closure_mono
  1194   closure_univ ~> closure_UNIV
  1195   real_arch_lt ~> reals_Archimedean2
  1196   real_arch ~> reals_Archimedean3
  1197   real_abs_norm ~> abs_norm_cancel
  1198   real_abs_sub_norm ~> norm_triangle_ineq3
  1199   norm_cauchy_schwarz_abs ~> Cauchy_Schwarz_ineq2
  1200 
  1201 * Session HOL-Probability:
  1202   - Caratheodory's extension lemma is now proved for ring_of_sets.
  1203   - Infinite products of probability measures are now available.
  1204   - Sigma closure is independent, if the generator is independent
  1205   - Use extended reals instead of positive extended
  1206     reals. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1207 
  1208 * Session HOLCF: Discontinued legacy theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1209 
  1210   expand_fun_below ~> fun_below_iff
  1211   below_fun_ext ~> fun_belowI
  1212   expand_cfun_eq ~> cfun_eq_iff
  1213   ext_cfun ~> cfun_eqI
  1214   expand_cfun_below ~> cfun_below_iff
  1215   below_cfun_ext ~> cfun_belowI
  1216   monofun_fun_fun ~> fun_belowD
  1217   monofun_fun_arg ~> monofunE
  1218   monofun_lub_fun ~> adm_monofun [THEN admD]
  1219   cont_lub_fun ~> adm_cont [THEN admD]
  1220   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  1221   cont_Rep_CFun_app ~> cont_APP_app
  1222   cont_Rep_CFun_app_app ~> cont_APP_app_app
  1223   cont_cfun_fun ~> cont_Rep_cfun1 [THEN contE]
  1224   cont_cfun_arg ~> cont_Rep_cfun2 [THEN contE]
  1225   contlub_cfun ~> lub_APP [symmetric]
  1226   contlub_LAM ~> lub_LAM [symmetric]
  1227   thelubI ~> lub_eqI
  1228   UU_I ~> bottomI
  1229   lift_distinct1 ~> lift.distinct(1)
  1230   lift_distinct2 ~> lift.distinct(2)
  1231   Def_not_UU ~> lift.distinct(2)
  1232   Def_inject ~> lift.inject
  1233   below_UU_iff ~> below_bottom_iff
  1234   eq_UU_iff ~> eq_bottom_iff
  1235 
  1236 
  1237 *** Document preparation ***
  1238 
  1239 * Antiquotation @{rail} layouts railroad syntax diagrams, see also
  1240 isar-ref manual, both for description and actual application of the
  1241 same.
  1242 
  1243 * Antiquotation @{value} evaluates the given term and presents its
  1244 result.
  1245 
  1246 * Antiquotations: term style "isub" provides ad-hoc conversion of
  1247 variables x1, y23 into subscripted form x\<^isub>1,
  1248 y\<^isub>2\<^isub>3.
  1249 
  1250 * Predefined LaTeX macros for Isabelle symbols \<bind> and \<then>
  1251 (e.g. see ~~/src/HOL/Library/Monad_Syntax.thy).
  1252 
  1253 * Localized \isabellestyle switch can be used within blocks or groups
  1254 like this:
  1255 
  1256   \isabellestyle{it}  %preferred default
  1257   {\isabellestylett @{text "typewriter stuff"}}
  1258 
  1259 * Discontinued special treatment of hard tabulators.  Implicit
  1260 tab-width is now defined as 1.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY for visual
  1261 layouts.
  1262 
  1263 
  1264 *** ML ***
  1265 
  1266 * The inner syntax of sort/type/term/prop supports inlined YXML
  1267 representations within quoted string tokens.  By encoding logical
  1268 entities via Term_XML (in ML or Scala) concrete syntax can be
  1269 bypassed, which is particularly useful for producing bits of text
  1270 under external program control.
  1271 
  1272 * Antiquotations for ML and document preparation are managed as theory
  1273 data, which requires explicit setup.
  1274 
  1275 * Isabelle_Process.is_active allows tools to check if the official
  1276 process wrapper is running (Isabelle/Scala/jEdit) or the old TTY loop
  1277 (better known as Proof General).
  1278 
  1279 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
  1280 ProofContext is still available for some time as legacy alias.
  1281 
  1282 * Structure Timing provides various operations for timing; supersedes
  1283 former start_timing/end_timing etc.
  1284 
  1285 * Path.print is the official way to show file-system paths to users
  1286 (including quotes etc.).
  1287 
  1288 * Inner syntax: identifiers in parse trees of generic categories
  1289 "logic", "aprop", "idt" etc. carry position information (disguised as
  1290 type constraints).  Occasional INCOMPATIBILITY with non-compliant
  1291 translations that choke on unexpected type constraints.  Positions can
  1292 be stripped in ML translations via Syntax.strip_positions /
  1293 Syntax.strip_positions_ast, or via the syntax constant
  1294 "_strip_positions" within parse trees.  As last resort, positions can
  1295 be disabled via the configuration option Syntax.positions, which is
  1296 called "syntax_positions" in Isar attribute syntax.
  1297 
  1298 * Discontinued special status of various ML structures that contribute
  1299 to structure Syntax (Ast, Lexicon, Mixfix, Parser, Printer etc.): less
  1300 pervasive content, no inclusion in structure Syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  1301 refer directly to Ast.Constant, Lexicon.is_identifier,
  1302 Syntax_Trans.mk_binder_tr etc.
  1303 
  1304 * Typed print translation: discontinued show_sorts argument, which is
  1305 already available via context of "advanced" translation.
  1306 
  1307 * Refined PARALLEL_GOALS tactical: degrades gracefully for schematic
  1308 goal states; body tactic needs to address all subgoals uniformly.
  1309 
  1310 * Slightly more special eq_list/eq_set, with shortcut involving
  1311 pointer equality (assumes that eq relation is reflexive).
  1312 
  1313 * Classical tactics use proper Proof.context instead of historic types
  1314 claset/clasimpset.  Old-style declarations like addIs, addEs, addDs
  1315 operate directly on Proof.context.  Raw type claset retains its use as
  1316 snapshot of the classical context, which can be recovered via
  1317 (put_claset HOL_cs) etc.  Type clasimpset has been discontinued.
  1318 INCOMPATIBILITY, classical tactics and derived proof methods require
  1319 proper Proof.context.
  1320 
  1321 
  1322 *** System ***
  1323 
  1324 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.2, which was the last version
  1325 without proper multithreading and TimeLimit implementation.
  1326 
  1327 * Discontinued old lib/scripts/polyml-platform, which has been
  1328 obsolete since Isabelle2009-2.
  1329 
  1330 * Various optional external tools are referenced more robustly and
  1331 uniformly by explicit Isabelle settings as follows:
  1332 
  1333   ISABELLE_CSDP   (formerly CSDP_EXE)
  1334   ISABELLE_GHC    (formerly EXEC_GHC or GHC_PATH)
  1335   ISABELLE_OCAML  (formerly EXEC_OCAML)
  1336   ISABELLE_SWIPL  (formerly EXEC_SWIPL)
  1337   ISABELLE_YAP    (formerly EXEC_YAP)
  1338 
  1339 Note that automated detection from the file-system or search path has
  1340 been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1341 
  1342 * Scala layer provides JVM method invocation service for static
  1343 methods of type (String)String, see Invoke_Scala.method in ML.  For
  1344 example:
  1345 
  1346   Invoke_Scala.method "java.lang.System.getProperty" "java.home"
  1347 
  1348 Together with YXML.string_of_body/parse_body and XML.Encode/Decode
  1349 this allows to pass structured values between ML and Scala.
  1350 
  1351 * The IsabelleText fonts includes some further glyphs to support the
  1352 Prover IDE.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: users who happen to have
  1353 installed a local copy (which is normally *not* required) need to
  1354 delete or update it from ~~/lib/fonts/.
  1355 
  1356 
  1357 
  1358 New in Isabelle2011 (January 2011)
  1359 ----------------------------------
  1360 
  1361 *** General ***
  1362 
  1363 * Experimental Prover IDE based on Isabelle/Scala and jEdit (see
  1364 src/Tools/jEdit).  This also serves as IDE for Isabelle/ML, with
  1365 useful tooltips and hyperlinks produced from its static analysis.  The
  1366 bundled component provides an executable Isabelle tool that can be run
  1367 like this:
  1368 
  1369   Isabelle2011/bin/isabelle jedit
  1370 
  1371 * Significantly improved Isabelle/Isar implementation manual.
  1372 
  1373 * System settings: ISABELLE_HOME_USER now includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER
  1374 (and thus refers to something like $HOME/.isabelle/Isabelle2011),
  1375 while the default heap location within that directory lacks that extra
  1376 suffix.  This isolates multiple Isabelle installations from each
  1377 other, avoiding problems with old settings in new versions.
  1378 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to copy/upgrade old user settings manually.
  1379 
  1380 * Source files are always encoded as UTF-8, instead of old-fashioned
  1381 ISO-Latin-1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Isabelle LaTeX documents might require
  1382 the following package declarations:
  1383 
  1384   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  1385   \usepackage{textcomp}
  1386 
  1387 * Explicit treatment of UTF-8 sequences as Isabelle symbols, such that
  1388 a Unicode character is treated as a single symbol, not a sequence of
  1389 non-ASCII bytes as before.  Since Isabelle/ML string literals may
  1390 contain symbols without further backslash escapes, Unicode can now be
  1391 used here as well.  Recall that Symbol.explode in ML provides a
  1392 consistent view on symbols, while raw explode (or String.explode)
  1393 merely give a byte-oriented representation.
  1394 
  1395 * Theory loader: source files are primarily located via the master
  1396 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
  1397 The global load path is still partially available as legacy feature.
  1398 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY due to subtle change in file lookup: use
  1399 explicit paths, relatively to the theory.
  1400 
  1401 * Special treatment of ML file names has been discontinued.
  1402 Historically, optional extensions .ML or .sml were added on demand --
  1403 at the cost of clarity of file dependencies.  Recall that Isabelle/ML
  1404 files exclusively use the .ML extension.  Minor INCOMPATIBILTY.
  1405 
  1406 * Various options that affect pretty printing etc. are now properly
  1407 handled within the context via configuration options, instead of
  1408 unsynchronized references or print modes.  There are both ML Config.T
  1409 entities and Isar declaration attributes to access these.
  1410 
  1411   ML (Config.T)                 Isar (attribute)
  1412 
  1413   eta_contract                  eta_contract
  1414   show_brackets                 show_brackets
  1415   show_sorts                    show_sorts
  1416   show_types                    show_types
  1417   show_question_marks           show_question_marks
  1418   show_consts                   show_consts
  1419   show_abbrevs                  show_abbrevs
  1420 
  1421   Syntax.ast_trace              syntax_ast_trace
  1422   Syntax.ast_stat               syntax_ast_stat
  1423   Syntax.ambiguity_level        syntax_ambiguity_level
  1424 
  1425   Goal_Display.goals_limit      goals_limit
  1426   Goal_Display.show_main_goal   show_main_goal
  1427 
  1428   Method.rule_trace             rule_trace
  1429 
  1430   Thy_Output.display            thy_output_display
  1431   Thy_Output.quotes             thy_output_quotes
  1432   Thy_Output.indent             thy_output_indent
  1433   Thy_Output.source             thy_output_source
  1434   Thy_Output.break              thy_output_break
  1435 
  1436 Note that corresponding "..._default" references in ML may only be
  1437 changed globally at the ROOT session setup, but *not* within a theory.
  1438 The option "show_abbrevs" supersedes the former print mode
  1439 "no_abbrevs" with inverted meaning.
  1440 
  1441 * More systematic naming of some configuration options.
  1442 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1443 
  1444   trace_simp  ~>  simp_trace
  1445   debug_simp  ~>  simp_debug
  1446 
  1447 * Support for real valued configuration options, using simplistic
  1448 floating-point notation that coincides with the inner syntax for
  1449 float_token.
  1450 
  1451 * Support for real valued preferences (with approximative PGIP type):
  1452 front-ends need to accept "pgint" values in float notation.
  1453 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1454 
  1455 * The IsabelleText font now includes Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic from
  1456 DejaVu Sans.
  1457 
  1458 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.0 and 5.1 versions.
  1459 
  1460 
  1461 *** Pure ***
  1462 
  1463 * Command 'type_synonym' (with single argument) replaces somewhat
  1464 outdated 'types', which is still available as legacy feature for some
  1465 time.
  1466 
  1467 * Command 'nonterminal' (with 'and' separated list of arguments)
  1468 replaces somewhat outdated 'nonterminals'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1469 
  1470 * Command 'notepad' replaces former 'example_proof' for
  1471 experimentation in Isar without any result.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1472 
  1473 * Locale interpretation commands 'interpret' and 'sublocale' accept
  1474 lists of equations to map definitions in a locale to appropriate
  1475 entities in the context of the interpretation.  The 'interpretation'
  1476 command already provided this functionality.
  1477 
  1478 * Diagnostic command 'print_dependencies' prints the locale instances
  1479 that would be activated if the specified expression was interpreted in
  1480 the current context.  Variant "print_dependencies!" assumes a context
  1481 without interpretations.
  1482 
  1483 * Diagnostic command 'print_interps' prints interpretations in proofs
  1484 in addition to interpretations in theories.
  1485 
  1486 * Discontinued obsolete 'global' and 'local' commands to manipulate
  1487 the theory name space.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.  The ML functions
  1488 Sign.root_path and Sign.local_path may be applied directly where this
  1489 feature is still required for historical reasons.
  1490 
  1491 * Discontinued obsolete 'constdefs' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  1492 'definition' instead.
  1493 
  1494 * The "prems" fact, which refers to the accidental collection of
  1495 foundational premises in the context, is now explicitly marked as
  1496 legacy feature and will be discontinued soon.  Consider using "assms"
  1497 of the head statement or reference facts by explicit names.
  1498 
  1499 * Document antiquotations @{class} and @{type} print classes and type
  1500 constructors.
  1501 
  1502 * Document antiquotation @{file} checks file/directory entries within
  1503 the local file system.
  1504 
  1505 
  1506 *** HOL ***
  1507 
  1508 * Coercive subtyping: functions can be declared as coercions and type
  1509 inference will add them as necessary upon input of a term.  Theory
  1510 Complex_Main declares real :: nat => real and real :: int => real as
  1511 coercions. A coercion function f is declared like this:
  1512 
  1513   declare [[coercion f]]
  1514 
  1515 To lift coercions through type constructors (e.g. from nat => real to
  1516 nat list => real list), map functions can be declared, e.g.
  1517 
  1518   declare [[coercion_map map]]
  1519 
  1520 Currently coercion inference is activated only in theories including
  1521 real numbers, i.e. descendants of Complex_Main.  This is controlled by
  1522 the configuration option "coercion_enabled", e.g. it can be enabled in
  1523 other theories like this:
  1524 
  1525   declare [[coercion_enabled]]
  1526 
  1527 * Command 'partial_function' provides basic support for recursive
  1528 function definitions over complete partial orders.  Concrete instances
  1529 are provided for i) the option type, ii) tail recursion on arbitrary
  1530 types, and iii) the heap monad of Imperative_HOL.  See
  1531 src/HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy and src/HOL/Imperative_HOL/ex/Linked_Lists.thy
  1532 for examples.
  1533 
  1534 * Function package: f.psimps rules are no longer implicitly declared
  1535 as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1536 
  1537 * Datatype package: theorems generated for executable equality (class
  1538 "eq") carry proper names and are treated as default code equations.
  1539 
  1540 * Inductive package: now offers command 'inductive_simps' to
  1541 automatically derive instantiated and simplified equations for
  1542 inductive predicates, similar to 'inductive_cases'.
  1543 
  1544 * Command 'enriched_type' allows to register properties of the
  1545 functorial structure of types.
  1546 
  1547 * Improved infrastructure for term evaluation using code generator
  1548 techniques, in particular static evaluation conversions.
  1549 
  1550 * Code generator: Scala (2.8 or higher) has been added to the target
  1551 languages.
  1552 
  1553 * Code generator: globbing constant expressions "*" and "Theory.*"
  1554 have been replaced by the more idiomatic "_" and "Theory._".
  1555 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1556 
  1557 * Code generator: export_code without explicit file declaration prints
  1558 to standard output.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1559 
  1560 * Code generator: do not print function definitions for case
  1561 combinators any longer.
  1562 
  1563 * Code generator: simplification with rules determined with
  1564 src/Tools/Code/code_simp.ML and method "code_simp".
  1565 
  1566 * Code generator for records: more idiomatic representation of record
  1567 types.  Warning: records are not covered by ancient SML code
  1568 generation any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  In cases of need, a suitable
  1569 rep_datatype declaration helps to succeed then:
  1570 
  1571   record 'a foo = ...
  1572   ...
  1573   rep_datatype foo_ext ...
  1574 
  1575 * Records: logical foundation type for records does not carry a
  1576 '_type' suffix any longer (obsolete due to authentic syntax).
  1577 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1578 
  1579 * Quickcheck now by default uses exhaustive testing instead of random
  1580 testing.  Random testing can be invoked by "quickcheck [random]",
  1581 exhaustive testing by "quickcheck [exhaustive]".
  1582 
  1583 * Quickcheck instantiates polymorphic types with small finite
  1584 datatypes by default. This enables a simple execution mechanism to
  1585 handle quantifiers and function equality over the finite datatypes.
  1586 
  1587 * Quickcheck random generator has been renamed from "code" to
  1588 "random".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1589 
  1590 * Quickcheck now has a configurable time limit which is set to 30
  1591 seconds by default. This can be changed by adding [timeout = n] to the
  1592 quickcheck command. The time limit for Auto Quickcheck is still set
  1593 independently.
  1594 
  1595 * Quickcheck in locales considers interpretations of that locale for
  1596 counter example search.
  1597 
  1598 * Sledgehammer:
  1599   - Added "smt" and "remote_smt" provers based on the "smt" proof
  1600     method. See the Sledgehammer manual for details ("isabelle doc
  1601     sledgehammer").
  1602   - Renamed commands:
  1603     sledgehammer atp_info ~> sledgehammer running_provers
  1604     sledgehammer atp_kill ~> sledgehammer kill_provers
  1605     sledgehammer available_atps ~> sledgehammer available_provers
  1606     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1607   - Renamed options:
  1608     sledgehammer [atps = ...] ~> sledgehammer [provers = ...]
  1609     sledgehammer [atp = ...] ~> sledgehammer [prover = ...]
  1610     sledgehammer [timeout = 77 s] ~> sledgehammer [timeout = 77]
  1611     (and "ms" and "min" are no longer supported)
  1612     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1613 
  1614 * Nitpick:
  1615   - Renamed options:
  1616     nitpick [timeout = 77 s] ~> nitpick [timeout = 77]
  1617     nitpick [tac_timeout = 777 ms] ~> nitpick [tac_timeout = 0.777]
  1618     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1619   - Added support for partial quotient types.
  1620   - Added local versions of the "Nitpick.register_xxx" functions.
  1621   - Added "whack" option.
  1622   - Allow registration of quotient types as codatatypes.
  1623   - Improved "merge_type_vars" option to merge more types.
  1624   - Removed unsound "fast_descrs" option.
  1625   - Added custom symmetry breaking for datatypes, making it possible to reach
  1626     higher cardinalities.
  1627   - Prevent the expansion of too large definitions.
  1628 
  1629 * Proof methods "metis" and "meson" now have configuration options
  1630 "meson_trace", "metis_trace", and "metis_verbose" that can be enabled
  1631 to diagnose these tools. E.g.
  1632 
  1633     using [[metis_trace = true]]
  1634 
  1635 * Auto Solve: Renamed "Auto Solve Direct".  The tool is now available
  1636 manually as command 'solve_direct'.
  1637 
  1638 * The default SMT solver Z3 must be enabled explicitly (due to
  1639 licensing issues) by setting the environment variable
  1640 Z3_NON_COMMERCIAL in etc/settings of the component, for example.  For
  1641 commercial applications, the SMT solver CVC3 is provided as fall-back;
  1642 changing the SMT solver is done via the configuration option
  1643 "smt_solver".
  1644 
  1645 * Remote SMT solvers need to be referred to by the "remote_" prefix,
  1646 i.e. "remote_cvc3" and "remote_z3".
  1647 
  1648 * Added basic SMT support for datatypes, records, and typedefs using
  1649 the oracle mode (no proofs).  Direct support of pairs has been dropped
  1650 in exchange (pass theorems fst_conv snd_conv pair_collapse to the SMT
  1651 support for a similar behavior).  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1652 
  1653 * Changed SMT configuration options:
  1654   - Renamed:
  1655     z3_proofs ~> smt_oracle (with inverted meaning)
  1656     z3_trace_assms ~> smt_trace_used_facts
  1657     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1658   - Added:
  1659     smt_verbose
  1660     smt_random_seed
  1661     smt_datatypes
  1662     smt_infer_triggers
  1663     smt_monomorph_limit
  1664     cvc3_options
  1665     remote_cvc3_options
  1666     remote_z3_options
  1667     yices_options
  1668 
  1669 * Boogie output files (.b2i files) need to be declared in the theory
  1670 header.
  1671 
  1672 * Simplification procedure "list_to_set_comprehension" rewrites list
  1673 comprehensions applied to List.set to set comprehensions.  Occasional
  1674 INCOMPATIBILITY, may be deactivated like this:
  1675 
  1676   declare [[simproc del: list_to_set_comprehension]]
  1677 
  1678 * Removed old version of primrec package.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1679 
  1680 * Removed simplifier congruence rule of "prod_case", as has for long
  1681 been the case with "split".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1682 
  1683 * String.literal is a type, but not a datatype.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1684 
  1685 * Removed [split_format ... and ... and ...] version of
  1686 [split_format].  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1687 
  1688 * Predicate "sorted" now defined inductively, with nice induction
  1689 rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY: former sorted.simps now named sorted_simps.
  1690 
  1691 * Constant "contents" renamed to "the_elem", to free the generic name
  1692 contents for other uses.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1693 
  1694 * Renamed class eq and constant eq (for code generation) to class
  1695 equal and constant equal, plus renaming of related facts and various
  1696 tuning.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1697 
  1698 * Dropped type classes mult_mono and mult_mono1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1699 
  1700 * Removed output syntax "'a ~=> 'b" for "'a => 'b option".
  1701 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1702 
  1703 * Renamed theory Fset to Cset, type Fset.fset to Cset.set, in order to
  1704 avoid confusion with finite sets.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1705 
  1706 * Abandoned locales equiv, congruent and congruent2 for equivalence
  1707 relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use equivI rather than equiv_intro (same
  1708 for congruent(2)).
  1709 
  1710 * Some previously unqualified names have been qualified:
  1711 
  1712   types
  1713     bool ~> HOL.bool
  1714     nat ~> Nat.nat
  1715 
  1716   constants
  1717     Trueprop ~> HOL.Trueprop
  1718     True ~> HOL.True
  1719     False ~> HOL.False
  1720     op & ~> HOL.conj
  1721     op | ~> HOL.disj
  1722     op --> ~> HOL.implies
  1723     op = ~> HOL.eq
  1724     Not ~> HOL.Not
  1725     The ~> HOL.The
  1726     All ~> HOL.All
  1727     Ex ~> HOL.Ex
  1728     Ex1 ~> HOL.Ex1
  1729     Let ~> HOL.Let
  1730     If ~> HOL.If
  1731     Ball ~> Set.Ball
  1732     Bex ~> Set.Bex
  1733     Suc ~> Nat.Suc
  1734     Pair ~> Product_Type.Pair
  1735     fst ~> Product_Type.fst
  1736     snd ~> Product_Type.snd
  1737     curry ~> Product_Type.curry
  1738     op : ~> Set.member
  1739     Collect ~> Set.Collect
  1740 
  1741 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1742 
  1743 * More canonical naming convention for some fundamental definitions:
  1744 
  1745     bot_bool_eq ~> bot_bool_def
  1746     top_bool_eq ~> top_bool_def
  1747     inf_bool_eq ~> inf_bool_def
  1748     sup_bool_eq ~> sup_bool_def
  1749     bot_fun_eq  ~> bot_fun_def
  1750     top_fun_eq  ~> top_fun_def
  1751     inf_fun_eq  ~> inf_fun_def
  1752     sup_fun_eq  ~> sup_fun_def
  1753 
  1754 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1755 
  1756 * More stylized fact names:
  1757 
  1758   expand_fun_eq ~> fun_eq_iff
  1759   expand_set_eq ~> set_eq_iff
  1760   set_ext       ~> set_eqI
  1761   nat_number    ~> eval_nat_numeral
  1762 
  1763 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1764 
  1765 * Refactoring of code-generation specific operations in theory List:
  1766 
  1767   constants
  1768     null ~> List.null
  1769 
  1770   facts
  1771     mem_iff ~> member_def
  1772     null_empty ~> null_def
  1773 
  1774 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that these were not supposed to be used
  1775 regularly unless for striking reasons; their main purpose was code
  1776 generation.
  1777 
  1778 Various operations from the Haskell prelude are used for generating
  1779 Haskell code.
  1780 
  1781 * Term "bij f" is now an abbreviation of "bij_betw f UNIV UNIV".  Term
  1782 "surj f" is now an abbreviation of "range f = UNIV".  The theorems
  1783 bij_def and surj_def are unchanged.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1784 
  1785 * Abolished some non-alphabetic type names: "prod" and "sum" replace
  1786 "*" and "+" respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1787 
  1788 * Name "Plus" of disjoint sum operator "<+>" is now hidden.  Write
  1789 "Sum_Type.Plus" instead.
  1790 
  1791 * Constant "split" has been merged with constant "prod_case"; names of
  1792 ML functions, facts etc. involving split have been retained so far,
  1793 though.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1794 
  1795 * Dropped old infix syntax "_ mem _" for List.member; use "_ : set _"
  1796 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1797 
  1798 * Removed lemma "Option.is_none_none" which duplicates "is_none_def".
  1799 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1800 
  1801 * Former theory Library/Enum is now part of the HOL-Main image.
  1802 INCOMPATIBILITY: all constants of the Enum theory now have to be
  1803 referred to by its qualified name.
  1804 
  1805   enum    ~>  Enum.enum
  1806   nlists  ~>  Enum.nlists
  1807   product ~>  Enum.product
  1808 
  1809 * Theory Library/Monad_Syntax provides do-syntax for monad types.
  1810 Syntax in Library/State_Monad has been changed to avoid ambiguities.
  1811 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1812 
  1813 * Theory Library/SetsAndFunctions has been split into
  1814 Library/Function_Algebras and Library/Set_Algebras; canonical names
  1815 for instance definitions for functions; various improvements.
  1816 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1817 
  1818 * Theory Library/Multiset provides stable quicksort implementation of
  1819 sort_key.
  1820 
  1821 * Theory Library/Multiset: renamed empty_idemp ~> empty_neutral.
  1822 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1823 
  1824 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: introduced a type class for euclidean
  1825 space.  Most theorems are now stated in terms of euclidean spaces
  1826 instead of finite cartesian products.
  1827 
  1828   types
  1829     real ^ 'n ~>  'a::real_vector
  1830               ~>  'a::euclidean_space
  1831               ~>  'a::ordered_euclidean_space
  1832         (depends on your needs)
  1833 
  1834   constants
  1835      _ $ _        ~> _ $$ _
  1836      \<chi> x. _  ~> \<chi>\<chi> x. _
  1837      CARD('n)     ~> DIM('a)
  1838 
  1839 Also note that the indices are now natural numbers and not from some
  1840 finite type. Finite cartesian products of euclidean spaces, products
  1841 of euclidean spaces the real and complex numbers are instantiated to
  1842 be euclidean_spaces.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1843 
  1844 * Session Probability: introduced pextreal as positive extended real
  1845 numbers.  Use pextreal as value for measures.  Introduce the
  1846 Radon-Nikodym derivative, product spaces and Fubini's theorem for
  1847 arbitrary sigma finite measures.  Introduces Lebesgue measure based on
  1848 the integral in Multivariate Analysis.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1849 
  1850 * Session Imperative_HOL: revamped, corrected dozens of inadequacies.
  1851 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1852 
  1853 * Session SPARK (with image HOL-SPARK) provides commands to load and
  1854 prove verification conditions generated by the SPARK Ada program
  1855 verifier.  See also src/HOL/SPARK and src/HOL/SPARK/Examples.
  1856 
  1857 
  1858 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  1859 
  1860 * Theorems for additive ring operations (locale abelian_monoid and
  1861 descendants) are generated by interpretation from their multiplicative
  1862 counterparts.  Names (in particular theorem names) have the mandatory
  1863 qualifier 'add'.  Previous theorem names are redeclared for
  1864 compatibility.
  1865 
  1866 * Structure "int_ring" is now an abbreviation (previously a
  1867 definition).  This fits more natural with advanced interpretations.
  1868 
  1869 
  1870 *** HOLCF ***
  1871 
  1872 * The domain package now runs in definitional mode by default: The
  1873 former command 'new_domain' is now called 'domain'.  To use the domain
  1874 package in its original axiomatic mode, use 'domain (unsafe)'.
  1875 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1876 
  1877 * The new class "domain" is now the default sort.  Class "predomain"
  1878 is an unpointed version of "domain". Theories can be updated by
  1879 replacing sort annotations as shown below.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1880 
  1881   'a::type ~> 'a::countable
  1882   'a::cpo  ~> 'a::predomain
  1883   'a::pcpo ~> 'a::domain
  1884 
  1885 * The old type class "rep" has been superseded by class "domain".
  1886 Accordingly, users of the definitional package must remove any
  1887 "default_sort rep" declarations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1888 
  1889 * The domain package (definitional mode) now supports unpointed
  1890 predomain argument types, as long as they are marked 'lazy'. (Strict
  1891 arguments must be in class "domain".) For example, the following
  1892 domain definition now works:
  1893 
  1894   domain natlist = nil | cons (lazy "nat discr") (lazy "natlist")
  1895 
  1896 * Theory HOLCF/Library/HOL_Cpo provides cpo and predomain class
  1897 instances for types from main HOL: bool, nat, int, char, 'a + 'b,
  1898 'a option, and 'a list.  Additionally, it configures fixrec and the
  1899 domain package to work with these types.  For example:
  1900 
  1901   fixrec isInl :: "('a + 'b) u -> tr"
  1902     where "isInl$(up$(Inl x)) = TT" | "isInl$(up$(Inr y)) = FF"
  1903 
  1904   domain V = VFun (lazy "V -> V") | VCon (lazy "nat") (lazy "V list")
  1905 
  1906 * The "(permissive)" option of fixrec has been replaced with a
  1907 per-equation "(unchecked)" option. See
  1908 src/HOL/HOLCF/Tutorial/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1909 
  1910 * The "bifinite" class no longer fixes a constant "approx"; the class
  1911 now just asserts that such a function exists.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1912 
  1913 * Former type "alg_defl" has been renamed to "defl".  HOLCF no longer
  1914 defines an embedding of type 'a defl into udom by default; instances
  1915 of "bifinite" and "domain" classes are available in
  1916 src/HOL/HOLCF/Library/Defl_Bifinite.thy.
  1917 
  1918 * The syntax "REP('a)" has been replaced with "DEFL('a)".
  1919 
  1920 * The predicate "directed" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1921 
  1922 * The type class "finite_po" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1923 
  1924 * The function "cprod_map" has been renamed to "prod_map".
  1925 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1926 
  1927 * The monadic bind operator on each powerdomain has new binder syntax
  1928 similar to sets, e.g. "\<Union>\<sharp>x\<in>xs. t" represents
  1929 "upper_bind\<cdot>xs\<cdot>(\<Lambda> x. t)".
  1930 
  1931 * The infix syntax for binary union on each powerdomain has changed
  1932 from e.g. "+\<sharp>" to "\<union>\<sharp>", for consistency with set
  1933 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1934 
  1935 * The constant "UU" has been renamed to "bottom".  The syntax "UU" is
  1936 still supported as an input translation.
  1937 
  1938 * Renamed some theorems (the original names are also still available).
  1939 
  1940   expand_fun_below   ~> fun_below_iff
  1941   below_fun_ext      ~> fun_belowI
  1942   expand_cfun_eq     ~> cfun_eq_iff
  1943   ext_cfun           ~> cfun_eqI
  1944   expand_cfun_below  ~> cfun_below_iff
  1945   below_cfun_ext     ~> cfun_belowI
  1946   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  1947 
  1948 * The Abs and Rep functions for various types have changed names.
  1949 Related theorem names have also changed to match. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1950 
  1951   Rep_CFun  ~> Rep_cfun
  1952   Abs_CFun  ~> Abs_cfun
  1953   Rep_Sprod ~> Rep_sprod
  1954   Abs_Sprod ~> Abs_sprod
  1955   Rep_Ssum  ~> Rep_ssum
  1956   Abs_Ssum  ~> Abs_ssum
  1957 
  1958 * Lemmas with names of the form *_defined_iff or *_strict_iff have
  1959 been renamed to *_bottom_iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1960 
  1961 * Various changes to bisimulation/coinduction with domain package:
  1962 
  1963   - Definitions of "bisim" constants no longer mention definedness.
  1964   - With mutual recursion, "bisim" predicate is now curried.
  1965   - With mutual recursion, each type gets a separate coind theorem.
  1966   - Variable names in bisim_def and coinduct rules have changed.
  1967 
  1968 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1969 
  1970 * Case combinators generated by the domain package for type "foo" are
  1971 now named "foo_case" instead of "foo_when".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1972 
  1973 * Several theorems have been renamed to more accurately reflect the
  1974 names of constants and types involved.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1975 
  1976   thelub_const    ~> lub_const
  1977   lub_const       ~> is_lub_const
  1978   thelubI         ~> lub_eqI
  1979   is_lub_lub      ~> is_lubD2
  1980   lubI            ~> is_lub_lub
  1981   unique_lub      ~> is_lub_unique
  1982   is_ub_lub       ~> is_lub_rangeD1
  1983   lub_bin_chain   ~> is_lub_bin_chain
  1984   lub_fun         ~> is_lub_fun
  1985   thelub_fun      ~> lub_fun
  1986   thelub_cfun     ~> lub_cfun
  1987   thelub_Pair     ~> lub_Pair
  1988   lub_cprod       ~> is_lub_prod
  1989   thelub_cprod    ~> lub_prod
  1990   minimal_cprod   ~> minimal_prod
  1991   inst_cprod_pcpo ~> inst_prod_pcpo
  1992   UU_I            ~> bottomI
  1993   compact_UU      ~> compact_bottom
  1994   deflation_UU    ~> deflation_bottom
  1995   finite_deflation_UU ~> finite_deflation_bottom
  1996 
  1997 * Many legacy theorem names have been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1998 
  1999   sq_ord_less_eq_trans ~> below_eq_trans
  2000   sq_ord_eq_less_trans ~> eq_below_trans
  2001   refl_less            ~> below_refl
  2002   trans_less           ~> below_trans
  2003   antisym_less         ~> below_antisym
  2004   antisym_less_inverse ~> po_eq_conv [THEN iffD1]
  2005   box_less             ~> box_below
  2006   rev_trans_less       ~> rev_below_trans
  2007   not_less2not_eq      ~> not_below2not_eq
  2008   less_UU_iff          ~> below_UU_iff
  2009   flat_less_iff        ~> flat_below_iff
  2010   adm_less             ~> adm_below
  2011   adm_not_less         ~> adm_not_below
  2012   adm_compact_not_less ~> adm_compact_not_below
  2013   less_fun_def         ~> below_fun_def
  2014   expand_fun_less      ~> fun_below_iff
  2015   less_fun_ext         ~> fun_belowI
  2016   less_discr_def       ~> below_discr_def
  2017   discr_less_eq        ~> discr_below_eq
  2018   less_unit_def        ~> below_unit_def
  2019   less_cprod_def       ~> below_prod_def
  2020   prod_lessI           ~> prod_belowI
  2021   Pair_less_iff        ~> Pair_below_iff
  2022   fst_less_iff         ~> fst_below_iff
  2023   snd_less_iff         ~> snd_below_iff
  2024   expand_cfun_less     ~> cfun_below_iff
  2025   less_cfun_ext        ~> cfun_belowI
  2026   injection_less       ~> injection_below
  2027   less_up_def          ~> below_up_def
  2028   not_Iup_less         ~> not_Iup_below
  2029   Iup_less             ~> Iup_below
  2030   up_less              ~> up_below
  2031   Def_inject_less_eq   ~> Def_below_Def
  2032   Def_less_is_eq       ~> Def_below_iff
  2033   spair_less_iff       ~> spair_below_iff
  2034   less_sprod           ~> below_sprod
  2035   spair_less           ~> spair_below
  2036   sfst_less_iff        ~> sfst_below_iff
  2037   ssnd_less_iff        ~> ssnd_below_iff
  2038   fix_least_less       ~> fix_least_below
  2039   dist_less_one        ~> dist_below_one
  2040   less_ONE             ~> below_ONE
  2041   ONE_less_iff         ~> ONE_below_iff
  2042   less_sinlD           ~> below_sinlD
  2043   less_sinrD           ~> below_sinrD
  2044 
  2045 
  2046 *** FOL and ZF ***
  2047 
  2048 * All constant names are now qualified internally and use proper
  2049 identifiers, e.g. "IFOL.eq" instead of "op =".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2050 
  2051 
  2052 *** ML ***
  2053 
  2054 * Antiquotation @{assert} inlines a function bool -> unit that raises
  2055 Fail if the argument is false.  Due to inlining the source position of
  2056 failed assertions is included in the error output.
  2057 
  2058 * Discontinued antiquotation @{theory_ref}, which is obsolete since ML
  2059 text is in practice always evaluated with a stable theory checkpoint.
  2060 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use (Theory.check_thy @{theory}) instead.
  2061 
  2062 * Antiquotation @{theory A} refers to theory A from the ancestry of
  2063 the current context, not any accidental theory loader state as before.
  2064 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, subtle change in semantics.
  2065 
  2066 * Syntax.pretty_priority (default 0) configures the required priority
  2067 of pretty-printed output and thus affects insertion of parentheses.
  2068 
  2069 * Syntax.default_root (default "any") configures the inner syntax
  2070 category (nonterminal symbol) for parsing of terms.
  2071 
  2072 * Former exception Library.UnequalLengths now coincides with
  2073 ListPair.UnequalLengths.
  2074 
  2075 * Renamed structure MetaSimplifier to Raw_Simplifier.  Note that the
  2076 main functionality is provided by structure Simplifier.
  2077 
  2078 * Renamed raw "explode" function to "raw_explode" to emphasize its
  2079 meaning.  Note that internally to Isabelle, Symbol.explode is used in
  2080 almost all situations.
  2081 
  2082 * Discontinued obsolete function sys_error and exception SYS_ERROR.
  2083 See implementation manual for further details on exceptions in
  2084 Isabelle/ML.
  2085 
  2086 * Renamed setmp_noncritical to Unsynchronized.setmp to emphasize its
  2087 meaning.
  2088 
  2089 * Renamed structure PureThy to Pure_Thy and moved most of its
  2090 operations to structure Global_Theory, to emphasize that this is
  2091 rarely-used global-only stuff.
  2092 
  2093 * Discontinued Output.debug.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use plain writeln
  2094 instead (or tracing for high-volume output).
  2095 
  2096 * Configuration option show_question_marks only affects regular pretty
  2097 printing of types and terms, not raw Term.string_of_vname.
  2098 
  2099 * ML_Context.thm and ML_Context.thms are no longer pervasive.  Rare
  2100 INCOMPATIBILITY, superseded by static antiquotations @{thm} and
  2101 @{thms} for most purposes.
  2102 
  2103 * ML structure Unsynchronized is never opened, not even in Isar
  2104 interaction mode as before.  Old Unsynchronized.set etc. have been
  2105 discontinued -- use plain := instead.  This should be *rare* anyway,
  2106 since modern tools always work via official context data, notably
  2107 configuration options.
  2108 
  2109 * Parallel and asynchronous execution requires special care concerning
  2110 interrupts.  Structure Exn provides some convenience functions that
  2111 avoid working directly with raw Interrupt.  User code must not absorb
  2112 interrupts -- intermediate handling (for cleanup etc.) needs to be
  2113 followed by re-raising of the original exception.  Another common
  2114 source of mistakes are "handle _" patterns, which make the meaning of
  2115 the program subject to physical effects of the environment.
  2116 
  2117 
  2118 
  2119 New in Isabelle2009-2 (June 2010)
  2120 ---------------------------------
  2121 
  2122 *** General ***
  2123 
  2124 * Authentic syntax for *all* logical entities (type classes, type
  2125 constructors, term constants): provides simple and robust
  2126 correspondence between formal entities and concrete syntax.  Within
  2127 the parse tree / AST representations, "constants" are decorated by
  2128 their category (class, type, const) and spelled out explicitly with
  2129 their full internal name.
  2130 
  2131 Substantial INCOMPATIBILITY concerning low-level syntax declarations
  2132 and translations (translation rules and translation functions in ML).
  2133 Some hints on upgrading:
  2134 
  2135   - Many existing uses of 'syntax' and 'translations' can be replaced
  2136     by more modern 'type_notation', 'notation' and 'abbreviation',
  2137     which are independent of this issue.
  2138 
  2139   - 'translations' require markup within the AST; the term syntax
  2140     provides the following special forms:
  2141 
  2142       CONST c   -- produces syntax version of constant c from context
  2143       XCONST c  -- literally c, checked as constant from context
  2144       c         -- literally c, if declared by 'syntax'
  2145 
  2146     Plain identifiers are treated as AST variables -- occasionally the
  2147     system indicates accidental variables via the error "rhs contains
  2148     extra variables".
  2149 
  2150     Type classes and type constructors are marked according to their
  2151     concrete syntax.  Some old translations rules need to be written
  2152     for the "type" category, using type constructor application
  2153     instead of pseudo-term application of the default category
  2154     "logic".
  2155 
  2156   - 'parse_translation' etc. in ML may use the following
  2157     antiquotations:
  2158 
  2159       @{class_syntax c}   -- type class c within parse tree / AST
  2160       @{term_syntax c}    -- type constructor c within parse tree / AST
  2161       @{const_syntax c}   -- ML version of "CONST c" above
  2162       @{syntax_const c}   -- literally c (checked wrt. 'syntax' declarations)
  2163 
  2164   - Literal types within 'typed_print_translations', i.e. those *not*
  2165     represented as pseudo-terms are represented verbatim.  Use @{class
  2166     c} or @{type_name c} here instead of the above syntax
  2167     antiquotations.
  2168 
  2169 Note that old non-authentic syntax was based on unqualified base
  2170 names, so all of the above "constant" names would coincide.  Recall
  2171 that 'print_syntax' and ML_command "set Syntax.trace_ast" help to
  2172 diagnose syntax problems.
  2173 
  2174 * Type constructors admit general mixfix syntax, not just infix.
  2175 
  2176 * Concrete syntax may be attached to local entities without a proof
  2177 body, too.  This works via regular mixfix annotations for 'fix',
  2178 'def', 'obtain' etc. or via the explicit 'write' command, which is
  2179 similar to the 'notation' command in theory specifications.
  2180 
  2181 * Discontinued unnamed infix syntax (legacy feature for many years) --
  2182 need to specify constant name and syntax separately.  Internal ML
  2183 datatype constructors have been renamed from InfixName to Infix etc.
  2184 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2185 
  2186 * Schematic theorem statements need to be explicitly markup as such,
  2187 via commands 'schematic_lemma', 'schematic_theorem',
  2188 'schematic_corollary'.  Thus the relevance of the proof is made
  2189 syntactically clear, which impacts performance in a parallel or
  2190 asynchronous interactive environment.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2191 
  2192 * Use of cumulative prems via "!" in some proof methods has been
  2193 discontinued (old legacy feature).
  2194 
  2195 * References 'trace_simp' and 'debug_simp' have been replaced by
  2196 configuration options stored in the context. Enabling tracing (the
  2197 case of debugging is similar) in proofs works via
  2198 
  2199   using [[trace_simp = true]]
  2200 
  2201 Tracing is then active for all invocations of the simplifier in
  2202 subsequent goal refinement steps. Tracing may also still be enabled or
  2203 disabled via the ProofGeneral settings menu.
  2204 
  2205 * Separate commands 'hide_class', 'hide_type', 'hide_const',
  2206 'hide_fact' replace the former 'hide' KIND command.  Minor
  2207 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2208 
  2209 * Improved parallelism of proof term normalization: usedir -p2 -q0 is
  2210 more efficient than combinations with -q1 or -q2.
  2211 
  2212 
  2213 *** Pure ***
  2214 
  2215 * Proofterms record type-class reasoning explicitly, using the
  2216 "unconstrain" operation internally.  This eliminates all sort
  2217 constraints from a theorem and proof, introducing explicit
  2218 OFCLASS-premises.  On the proof term level, this operation is
  2219 automatically applied at theorem boundaries, such that closed proofs
  2220 are always free of sort constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools that
  2221 inspect proof terms.
  2222 
  2223 * Local theory specifications may depend on extra type variables that
  2224 are not present in the result type -- arguments TYPE('a) :: 'a itself
  2225 are added internally.  For example:
  2226 
  2227   definition unitary :: bool where "unitary = (ALL (x::'a) y. x = y)"
  2228 
  2229 * Predicates of locales introduced by classes carry a mandatory
  2230 "class" prefix.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2231 
  2232 * Vacuous class specifications observe default sort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2233 
  2234 * Old 'axclass' command has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  2235 'class' instead.
  2236 
  2237 * Command 'code_reflect' allows to incorporate generated ML code into
  2238 runtime environment; replaces immature code_datatype antiquotation.
  2239 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2240 
  2241 * Code generator: simple concept for abstract datatypes obeying
  2242 invariants.
  2243 
  2244 * Code generator: details of internal data cache have no impact on the
  2245 user space functionality any longer.
  2246 
  2247 * Methods "unfold_locales" and "intro_locales" ignore non-locale
  2248 subgoals.  This is more appropriate for interpretations with 'where'.
  2249 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2250 
  2251 * Command 'example_proof' opens an empty proof body.  This allows to
  2252 experiment with Isar, without producing any persistent result.
  2253 
  2254 * Commands 'type_notation' and 'no_type_notation' declare type syntax
  2255 within a local theory context, with explicit checking of the
  2256 constructors involved (in contrast to the raw 'syntax' versions).
  2257 
  2258 * Commands 'types' and 'typedecl' now work within a local theory
  2259 context -- without introducing dependencies on parameters or
  2260 assumptions, which is not possible in Isabelle/Pure.
  2261 
  2262 * Command 'defaultsort' has been renamed to 'default_sort', it works
  2263 within a local theory context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2264 
  2265 
  2266 *** HOL ***
  2267 
  2268 * Command 'typedef' now works within a local theory context -- without
  2269 introducing dependencies on parameters or assumptions, which is not
  2270 possible in Isabelle/Pure/HOL.  Note that the logical environment may
  2271 contain multiple interpretations of local typedefs (with different
  2272 non-emptiness proofs), even in a global theory context.
  2273 
  2274 * New package for quotient types.  Commands 'quotient_type' and
  2275 'quotient_definition' may be used for defining types and constants by
  2276 quotient constructions.  An example is the type of integers created by
  2277 quotienting pairs of natural numbers:
  2278 
  2279   fun
  2280     intrel :: "(nat * nat) => (nat * nat) => bool"
  2281   where
  2282     "intrel (x, y) (u, v) = (x + v = u + y)"
  2283 
  2284   quotient_type int = "nat * nat" / intrel
  2285     by (auto simp add: equivp_def expand_fun_eq)
  2286 
  2287   quotient_definition
  2288     "0::int" is "(0::nat, 0::nat)"
  2289 
  2290 The method "lifting" can be used to lift of theorems from the
  2291 underlying "raw" type to the quotient type.  The example
  2292 src/HOL/Quotient_Examples/FSet.thy includes such a quotient
  2293 construction and provides a reasoning infrastructure for finite sets.
  2294 
  2295 * Renamed Library/Quotient.thy to Library/Quotient_Type.thy to avoid
  2296 clash with new theory Quotient in Main HOL.
  2297 
  2298 * Moved the SMT binding into the main HOL session, eliminating
  2299 separate HOL-SMT session.
  2300 
  2301 * List membership infix mem operation is only an input abbreviation.
  2302 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2303 
  2304 * Theory Library/Word.thy has been removed.  Use library Word/Word.thy
  2305 for future developements; former Library/Word.thy is still present in
  2306 the AFP entry RSAPPS.
  2307 
  2308 * Theorem Int.int_induct renamed to Int.int_of_nat_induct and is no
  2309 longer shadowed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2310 
  2311 * Dropped theorem duplicate comp_arith; use semiring_norm instead.
  2312 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2313 
  2314 * Dropped theorem RealPow.real_sq_order; use power2_le_imp_le instead.
  2315 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2316 
  2317 * Dropped normalizing_semiring etc; use the facts in semiring classes
  2318 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2319 
  2320 * Dropped several real-specific versions of lemmas about floor and
  2321 ceiling; use the generic lemmas from theory "Archimedean_Field"
  2322 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2323 
  2324   floor_number_of_eq         ~> floor_number_of
  2325   le_floor_eq_number_of      ~> number_of_le_floor
  2326   le_floor_eq_zero           ~> zero_le_floor
  2327   le_floor_eq_one            ~> one_le_floor
  2328   floor_less_eq_number_of    ~> floor_less_number_of
  2329   floor_less_eq_zero         ~> floor_less_zero
  2330   floor_less_eq_one          ~> floor_less_one
  2331   less_floor_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_less_floor
  2332   less_floor_eq_zero         ~> zero_less_floor
  2333   less_floor_eq_one          ~> one_less_floor
  2334   floor_le_eq_number_of      ~> floor_le_number_of
  2335   floor_le_eq_zero           ~> floor_le_zero
  2336   floor_le_eq_one            ~> floor_le_one
  2337   floor_subtract_number_of   ~> floor_diff_number_of
  2338   floor_subtract_one         ~> floor_diff_one
  2339   ceiling_number_of_eq       ~> ceiling_number_of
  2340   ceiling_le_eq_number_of    ~> ceiling_le_number_of
  2341   ceiling_le_zero_eq         ~> ceiling_le_zero
  2342   ceiling_le_eq_one          ~> ceiling_le_one
  2343   less_ceiling_eq_number_of  ~> number_of_less_ceiling
  2344   less_ceiling_eq_zero       ~> zero_less_ceiling
  2345   less_ceiling_eq_one        ~> one_less_ceiling
  2346   ceiling_less_eq_number_of  ~> ceiling_less_number_of
  2347   ceiling_less_eq_zero       ~> ceiling_less_zero
  2348   ceiling_less_eq_one        ~> ceiling_less_one
  2349   le_ceiling_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_le_ceiling
  2350   le_ceiling_eq_zero         ~> zero_le_ceiling
  2351   le_ceiling_eq_one          ~> one_le_ceiling
  2352   ceiling_subtract_number_of ~> ceiling_diff_number_of
  2353   ceiling_subtract_one       ~> ceiling_diff_one
  2354 
  2355 * Theory "Finite_Set": various folding_XXX locales facilitate the
  2356 application of the various fold combinators on finite sets.
  2357 
  2358 * Library theory "RBT" renamed to "RBT_Impl"; new library theory "RBT"
  2359 provides abstract red-black tree type which is backed by "RBT_Impl" as
  2360 implementation.  INCOMPATIBILTY.
  2361 
  2362 * Theory Library/Coinductive_List has been removed -- superseded by
  2363 AFP/thys/Coinductive.
  2364 
  2365 * Theory PReal, including the type "preal" and related operations, has
  2366 been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2367 
  2368 * Real: new development using Cauchy Sequences.
  2369 
  2370 * Split off theory "Big_Operators" containing setsum, setprod,
  2371 Inf_fin, Sup_fin, Min, Max from theory Finite_Set.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2372 
  2373 * Theory "Rational" renamed to "Rat", for consistency with "Nat",
  2374 "Int" etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2375 
  2376 * Constant Rat.normalize needs to be qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2377 
  2378 * New set of rules "ac_simps" provides combined assoc / commute
  2379 rewrites for all interpretations of the appropriate generic locales.
  2380 
  2381 * Renamed theory "OrderedGroup" to "Groups" and split theory
  2382 "Ring_and_Field" into theories "Rings" and "Fields"; for more
  2383 appropriate and more consistent names suitable for name prefixes
  2384 within the HOL theories.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2385 
  2386 * Some generic constants have been put to appropriate theories:
  2387   - less_eq, less: Orderings
  2388   - zero, one, plus, minus, uminus, times, abs, sgn: Groups
  2389   - inverse, divide: Rings
  2390 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2391 
  2392 * More consistent naming of type classes involving orderings (and
  2393 lattices):
  2394 
  2395     lower_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_inf
  2396     upper_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_sup
  2397 
  2398     dense_linear_order                  ~> dense_linorder
  2399 
  2400     pordered_ab_group_add               ~> ordered_ab_group_add
  2401     pordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> ordered_ab_group_add_abs
  2402     pordered_ab_semigroup_add           ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2403     pordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le    ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le
  2404     pordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add    ~> ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2405     pordered_cancel_comm_semiring       ~> ordered_cancel_comm_semiring
  2406     pordered_cancel_semiring            ~> ordered_cancel_semiring
  2407     pordered_comm_monoid_add            ~> ordered_comm_monoid_add
  2408     pordered_comm_ring                  ~> ordered_comm_ring
  2409     pordered_comm_semiring              ~> ordered_comm_semiring
  2410     pordered_ring                       ~> ordered_ring
  2411     pordered_ring_abs                   ~> ordered_ring_abs
  2412     pordered_semiring                   ~> ordered_semiring
  2413 
  2414     ordered_ab_group_add                ~> linordered_ab_group_add
  2415     ordered_ab_semigroup_add            ~> linordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2416     ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add     ~> linordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2417     ordered_comm_semiring_strict        ~> linordered_comm_semiring_strict
  2418     ordered_field                       ~> linordered_field
  2419     ordered_field_no_lb                 ~> linordered_field_no_lb
  2420     ordered_field_no_ub                 ~> linordered_field_no_ub
  2421     ordered_field_dense_linear_order    ~> dense_linordered_field
  2422     ordered_idom                        ~> linordered_idom
  2423     ordered_ring                        ~> linordered_ring
  2424     ordered_ring_le_cancel_factor       ~> linordered_ring_le_cancel_factor
  2425     ordered_ring_less_cancel_factor     ~> linordered_ring_less_cancel_factor
  2426     ordered_ring_strict                 ~> linordered_ring_strict
  2427     ordered_semidom                     ~> linordered_semidom
  2428     ordered_semiring                    ~> linordered_semiring
  2429     ordered_semiring_1                  ~> linordered_semiring_1
  2430     ordered_semiring_1_strict           ~> linordered_semiring_1_strict
  2431     ordered_semiring_strict             ~> linordered_semiring_strict
  2432 
  2433   The following slightly odd type classes have been moved to a
  2434   separate theory Library/Lattice_Algebras:
  2435 
  2436     lordered_ab_group_add               ~> lattice_ab_group_add
  2437     lordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> lattice_ab_group_add_abs
  2438     lordered_ab_group_add_meet          ~> semilattice_inf_ab_group_add
  2439     lordered_ab_group_add_join          ~> semilattice_sup_ab_group_add
  2440     lordered_ring                       ~> lattice_ring
  2441 
  2442 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2443 
  2444 * Refined field classes:
  2445   - classes division_ring_inverse_zero, field_inverse_zero,
  2446     linordered_field_inverse_zero include rule inverse 0 = 0 --
  2447     subsumes former division_by_zero class;
  2448   - numerous lemmas have been ported from field to division_ring.
  2449 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2450 
  2451 * Refined algebra theorem collections:
  2452   - dropped theorem group group_simps, use algebra_simps instead;
  2453   - dropped theorem group ring_simps, use field_simps instead;
  2454   - proper theorem collection field_simps subsumes former theorem
  2455     groups field_eq_simps and field_simps;
  2456   - dropped lemma eq_minus_self_iff which is a duplicate for
  2457     equal_neg_zero.
  2458 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2459 
  2460 * Theory Finite_Set and List: some lemmas have been generalized from
  2461 sets to lattices:
  2462 
  2463   fun_left_comm_idem_inter      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_inf
  2464   fun_left_comm_idem_union      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_sup
  2465   inter_Inter_fold_inter        ~> inf_Inf_fold_inf
  2466   union_Union_fold_union        ~> sup_Sup_fold_sup
  2467   Inter_fold_inter              ~> Inf_fold_inf
  2468   Union_fold_union              ~> Sup_fold_sup
  2469   inter_INTER_fold_inter        ~> inf_INFI_fold_inf
  2470   union_UNION_fold_union        ~> sup_SUPR_fold_sup
  2471   INTER_fold_inter              ~> INFI_fold_inf
  2472   UNION_fold_union              ~> SUPR_fold_sup
  2473 
  2474 * Theory "Complete_Lattice": lemmas top_def and bot_def have been
  2475 replaced by the more convenient lemmas Inf_empty and Sup_empty.
  2476 Dropped lemmas Inf_insert_simp and Sup_insert_simp, which are subsumed
  2477 by Inf_insert and Sup_insert.  Lemmas Inf_UNIV and Sup_UNIV replace
  2478 former Inf_Univ and Sup_Univ.  Lemmas inf_top_right and sup_bot_right
  2479 subsume inf_top and sup_bot respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2480 
  2481 * Reorganized theory Multiset: swapped notation of pointwise and
  2482 multiset order:
  2483 
  2484   - pointwise ordering is instance of class order with standard syntax
  2485     <= and <;
  2486   - multiset ordering has syntax <=# and <#; partial order properties
  2487     are provided by means of interpretation with prefix
  2488     multiset_order;
  2489   - less duplication, less historical organization of sections,
  2490     conversion from associations lists to multisets, rudimentary code
  2491     generation;
  2492   - use insert_DiffM2 [symmetric] instead of elem_imp_eq_diff_union,
  2493     if needed.
  2494 
  2495 Renamed:
  2496 
  2497   multiset_eq_conv_count_eq  ~>  multiset_ext_iff
  2498   multi_count_ext  ~>  multiset_ext
  2499   diff_union_inverse2  ~>  diff_union_cancelR
  2500 
  2501 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2502 
  2503 * Theory Permutation: replaced local "remove" by List.remove1.
  2504 
  2505 * Code generation: ML and OCaml code is decorated with signatures.
  2506 
  2507 * Theory List: added transpose.
  2508 
  2509 * Library/Nat_Bijection.thy is a collection of bijective functions
  2510 between nat and other types, which supersedes the older libraries
  2511 Library/Nat_Int_Bij.thy and HOLCF/NatIso.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2512 
  2513   Constants:
  2514   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat         ~> prod_encode
  2515   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2         ~> prod_decode
  2516   Nat_Int_Bij.int_to_nat_bij      ~> int_encode
  2517   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_int_bij      ~> int_decode
  2518   Countable.pair_encode           ~> prod_encode
  2519   NatIso.prod2nat                 ~> prod_encode
  2520   NatIso.nat2prod                 ~> prod_decode
  2521   NatIso.sum2nat                  ~> sum_encode
  2522   NatIso.nat2sum                  ~> sum_decode
  2523   NatIso.list2nat                 ~> list_encode
  2524   NatIso.nat2list                 ~> list_decode
  2525   NatIso.set2nat                  ~> set_encode
  2526   NatIso.nat2set                  ~> set_decode
  2527 
  2528   Lemmas:
  2529   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2530   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_inj     ~> inj_prod_encode
  2531   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_surj    ~> surj_prod_encode
  2532   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_inj     ~> inj_prod_decode
  2533   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_surj    ~> surj_prod_decode
  2534   Nat_Int_Bij.i2n_n2i_id          ~> int_encode_inverse
  2535   Nat_Int_Bij.n2i_i2n_id          ~> int_decode_inverse
  2536   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_nat_to_int_bij ~> surj_int_encode
  2537   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_int_to_nat_bij ~> surj_int_decode
  2538   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_nat_to_int_bij  ~> inj_int_encode
  2539   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_int_to_nat_bij  ~> inj_int_decode
  2540   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_encode
  2541   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_int_to_nat_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2542 
  2543 * Sledgehammer:
  2544   - Renamed ATP commands:
  2545     atp_info     ~> sledgehammer running_atps
  2546     atp_kill     ~> sledgehammer kill_atps
  2547     atp_messages ~> sledgehammer messages
  2548     atp_minimize ~> sledgehammer minimize
  2549     print_atps   ~> sledgehammer available_atps
  2550     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2551   - Added user's manual ("isabelle doc sledgehammer").
  2552   - Added option syntax and "sledgehammer_params" to customize
  2553     Sledgehammer's behavior.  See the manual for details.
  2554   - Modified the Isar proof reconstruction code so that it produces
  2555     direct proofs rather than proofs by contradiction.  (This feature
  2556     is still experimental.)
  2557   - Made Isar proof reconstruction work for SPASS, remote ATPs, and in
  2558     full-typed mode.
  2559   - Added support for TPTP syntax for SPASS via the "spass_tptp" ATP.
  2560 
  2561 * Nitpick:
  2562   - Added and implemented "binary_ints" and "bits" options.
  2563   - Added "std" option and implemented support for nonstandard models.
  2564   - Added and implemented "finitize" option to improve the precision
  2565     of infinite datatypes based on a monotonicity analysis.
  2566   - Added support for quotient types.
  2567   - Added support for "specification" and "ax_specification"
  2568     constructs.
  2569   - Added support for local definitions (for "function" and
  2570     "termination" proofs).
  2571   - Added support for term postprocessors.
  2572   - Optimized "Multiset.multiset" and "FinFun.finfun".
  2573   - Improved efficiency of "destroy_constrs" optimization.
  2574   - Fixed soundness bugs related to "destroy_constrs" optimization and
  2575     record getters.
  2576   - Fixed soundness bug related to higher-order constructors.
  2577   - Fixed soundness bug when "full_descrs" is enabled.
  2578   - Improved precision of set constructs.
  2579   - Added "atoms" option.
  2580   - Added cache to speed up repeated Kodkod invocations on the same
  2581     problems.
  2582   - Renamed "MiniSatJNI", "zChaffJNI", "BerkMinAlloy", and
  2583     "SAT4JLight" to "MiniSat_JNI", "zChaff_JNI", "BerkMin_Alloy", and
  2584     "SAT4J_Light".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2585   - Removed "skolemize", "uncurry", "sym_break", "flatten_prop",
  2586     "sharing_depth", and "show_skolems" options.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2587   - Removed "nitpick_intro" attribute.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2588 
  2589 * Method "induct" now takes instantiations of the form t, where t is not
  2590   a variable, as a shorthand for "x == t", where x is a fresh variable.
  2591   If this is not intended, t has to be enclosed in parentheses.
  2592   By default, the equalities generated by definitional instantiations
  2593   are pre-simplified, which may cause parameters of inductive cases
  2594   to disappear, or may even delete some of the inductive cases.
  2595   Use "induct (no_simp)" instead of "induct" to restore the old
  2596   behaviour. The (no_simp) option is also understood by the "cases"
  2597   and "nominal_induct" methods, which now perform pre-simplification, too.
  2598   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2599 
  2600 
  2601 *** HOLCF ***
  2602 
  2603 * Variable names in lemmas generated by the domain package have
  2604 changed; the naming scheme is now consistent with the HOL datatype
  2605 package.  Some proof scripts may be affected, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2606 
  2607 * The domain package no longer defines the function "foo_copy" for
  2608 recursive domain "foo".  The reach lemma is now stated directly in
  2609 terms of "foo_take".  Lemmas and proofs that mention "foo_copy" must
  2610 be reformulated in terms of "foo_take", INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2611 
  2612 * Most definedness lemmas generated by the domain package (previously
  2613 of the form "x ~= UU ==> foo$x ~= UU") now have an if-and-only-if form
  2614 like "foo$x = UU <-> x = UU", which works better as a simp rule.
  2615 Proofs that used definedness lemmas as intro rules may break,
  2616 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2617 
  2618 * Induction and casedist rules generated by the domain package now
  2619 declare proper case_names (one called "bottom", and one named for each
  2620 constructor).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2621 
  2622 * For mutually-recursive domains, separate "reach" and "take_lemma"
  2623 rules are generated for each domain, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2624 
  2625   foo_bar.reach       ~> foo.reach  bar.reach
  2626   foo_bar.take_lemmas ~> foo.take_lemma  bar.take_lemma
  2627 
  2628 * Some lemmas generated by the domain package have been renamed for
  2629 consistency with the datatype package, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2630 
  2631   foo.ind        ~> foo.induct
  2632   foo.finite_ind ~> foo.finite_induct
  2633   foo.coind      ~> foo.coinduct
  2634   foo.casedist   ~> foo.exhaust
  2635   foo.exhaust    ~> foo.nchotomy
  2636 
  2637 * For consistency with other definition packages, the fixrec package
  2638 now generates qualified theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2639 
  2640   foo_simps  ~> foo.simps
  2641   foo_unfold ~> foo.unfold
  2642   foo_induct ~> foo.induct
  2643 
  2644 * The "fixrec_simp" attribute has been removed.  The "fixrec_simp"
  2645 method and internal fixrec proofs now use the default simpset instead.
  2646 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2647 
  2648 * The "contlub" predicate has been removed.  Proof scripts should use
  2649 lemma contI2 in place of monocontlub2cont, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2650 
  2651 * The "admw" predicate has been removed, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2652 
  2653 * The constants cpair, cfst, and csnd have been removed in favor of
  2654 Pair, fst, and snd from Isabelle/HOL, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2655 
  2656 
  2657 *** ML ***
  2658 
  2659 * Antiquotations for basic formal entities:
  2660 
  2661     @{class NAME}         -- type class
  2662     @{class_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of the above
  2663 
  2664     @{type_name NAME}     -- logical type
  2665     @{type_abbrev NAME}   -- type abbreviation
  2666     @{nonterminal NAME}   -- type of concrete syntactic category
  2667     @{type_syntax NAME}   -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2668 
  2669     @{const_name NAME}    -- logical constant (INCOMPATIBILITY)
  2670     @{const_abbrev NAME}  -- abbreviated constant
  2671     @{const_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2672 
  2673 * Antiquotation @{syntax_const NAME} ensures that NAME refers to a raw
  2674 syntax constant (cf. 'syntax' command).
  2675 
  2676 * Antiquotation @{make_string} inlines a function to print arbitrary
  2677 values similar to the ML toplevel.  The result is compiler dependent
  2678 and may fall back on "?" in certain situations.
  2679 
  2680 * Diagnostic commands 'ML_val' and 'ML_command' may refer to
  2681 antiquotations @{Isar.state} and @{Isar.goal}.  This replaces impure
  2682 Isar.state() and Isar.goal(), which belong to the old TTY loop and do
  2683 not work with the asynchronous Isar document model.
  2684 
  2685 * Configuration options now admit dynamic default values, depending on
  2686 the context or even global references.
  2687 
  2688 * SHA1.digest digests strings according to SHA-1 (see RFC 3174).  It
  2689 uses an efficient external library if available (for Poly/ML).
  2690 
  2691 * Renamed some important ML structures, while keeping the old names
  2692 for some time as aliases within the structure Legacy:
  2693 
  2694   OuterKeyword  ~>  Keyword
  2695   OuterLex      ~>  Token
  2696   OuterParse    ~>  Parse
  2697   OuterSyntax   ~>  Outer_Syntax
  2698   PrintMode     ~>  Print_Mode
  2699   SpecParse     ~>  Parse_Spec
  2700   ThyInfo       ~>  Thy_Info
  2701   ThyLoad       ~>  Thy_Load
  2702   ThyOutput     ~>  Thy_Output
  2703   TypeInfer     ~>  Type_Infer
  2704 
  2705 Note that "open Legacy" simplifies porting of sources, but forgetting
  2706 to remove it again will complicate porting again in the future.
  2707 
  2708 * Most operations that refer to a global context are named
  2709 accordingly, e.g. Simplifier.global_context or
  2710 ProofContext.init_global.  There are some situations where a global
  2711 context actually works, but under normal circumstances one needs to
  2712 pass the proper local context through the code!
  2713 
  2714 * Discontinued old TheoryDataFun with its copy/init operation -- data
  2715 needs to be pure.  Functor Theory_Data_PP retains the traditional
  2716 Pretty.pp argument to merge, which is absent in the standard
  2717 Theory_Data version.
  2718 
  2719 * Sorts.certify_sort and derived "cert" operations for types and terms
  2720 no longer minimize sorts.  Thus certification at the boundary of the
  2721 inference kernel becomes invariant under addition of class relations,
  2722 which is an important monotonicity principle.  Sorts are now minimized
  2723 in the syntax layer only, at the boundary between the end-user and the
  2724 system.  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY, may have to use Sign.minimize_sort
  2725 explicitly in rare situations.
  2726 
  2727 * Renamed old-style Drule.standard to Drule.export_without_context, to
  2728 emphasize that this is in no way a standard operation.
  2729 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2730 
  2731 * Subgoal.FOCUS (and variants): resulting goal state is normalized as
  2732 usual for resolution.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2733 
  2734 * Renamed varify/unvarify operations to varify_global/unvarify_global
  2735 to emphasize that these only work in a global situation (which is
  2736 quite rare).
  2737 
  2738 * Curried take and drop in library.ML; negative length is interpreted
  2739 as infinity (as in chop).  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2740 
  2741 * Proof terms: type substitutions on proof constants now use canonical
  2742 order of type variables.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools working with proof
  2743 terms.
  2744 
  2745 * Raw axioms/defs may no longer carry sort constraints, and raw defs
  2746 may no longer carry premises.  User-level specifications are
  2747 transformed accordingly by Thm.add_axiom/add_def.
  2748 
  2749 
  2750 *** System ***
  2751 
  2752 * Discontinued special HOL_USEDIR_OPTIONS for the main HOL image;
  2753 ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS applies uniformly to all sessions.  Note that
  2754 proof terms are enabled unconditionally in the new HOL-Proofs image.
  2755 
  2756 * Discontinued old ISABELLE and ISATOOL environment settings (legacy
  2757 feature since Isabelle2009).  Use ISABELLE_PROCESS and ISABELLE_TOOL,
  2758 respectively.
  2759 
  2760 * Old lib/scripts/polyml-platform is superseded by the
  2761 ISABELLE_PLATFORM setting variable, which defaults to the 32 bit
  2762 variant, even on a 64 bit machine.  The following example setting
  2763 prefers 64 bit if available:
  2764 
  2765   ML_PLATFORM="${ISABELLE_PLATFORM64:-$ISABELLE_PLATFORM}"
  2766 
  2767 * The preliminary Isabelle/jEdit application demonstrates the emerging
  2768 Isabelle/Scala layer for advanced prover interaction and integration.
  2769 See src/Tools/jEdit or "isabelle jedit" provided by the properly built
  2770 component.
  2771 
  2772 * "IsabelleText" is a Unicode font derived from Bitstream Vera Mono
  2773 and Bluesky TeX fonts.  It provides the usual Isabelle symbols,
  2774 similar to the default assignment of the document preparation system
  2775 (cf. isabellesym.sty).  The Isabelle/Scala class Isabelle_System
  2776 provides some operations for direct access to the font without asking
  2777 the user for manual installation.
  2778 
  2779 
  2780 
  2781 New in Isabelle2009-1 (December 2009)
  2782 -------------------------------------
  2783 
  2784 *** General ***
  2785 
  2786 * Discontinued old form of "escaped symbols" such as \\<forall>.  Only
  2787 one backslash should be used, even in ML sources.
  2788 
  2789 
  2790 *** Pure ***
  2791 
  2792 * Locale interpretation propagates mixins along the locale hierarchy.
  2793 The currently only available mixins are the equations used to map
  2794 local definitions to terms of the target domain of an interpretation.
  2795 
  2796 * Reactivated diagnostic command 'print_interps'.  Use "print_interps
  2797 loc" to print all interpretations of locale "loc" in the theory.
  2798 Interpretations in proofs are not shown.
  2799 
  2800 * Thoroughly revised locales tutorial.  New section on conditional
  2801 interpretation.
  2802 
  2803 * On instantiation of classes, remaining undefined class parameters
  2804 are formally declared.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2805 
  2806 
  2807 *** Document preparation ***
  2808 
  2809 * New generalized style concept for printing terms: @{foo (style) ...}
  2810 instead of @{foo_style style ...}  (old form is still retained for
  2811 backward compatibility).  Styles can be also applied for
  2812 antiquotations prop, term_type and typeof.
  2813 
  2814 
  2815 *** HOL ***
  2816 
  2817 * New proof method "smt" for a combination of first-order logic with
  2818 equality, linear and nonlinear (natural/integer/real) arithmetic, and
  2819 fixed-size bitvectors; there is also basic support for higher-order
  2820 features (esp. lambda abstractions).  It is an incomplete decision
  2821 procedure based on external SMT solvers using the oracle mechanism;
  2822 for the SMT solver Z3, this method is proof-producing.  Certificates
  2823 are provided to avoid calling the external solvers solely for
  2824 re-checking proofs.  Due to a remote SMT service there is no need for
  2825 installing SMT solvers locally.  See src/HOL/SMT.
  2826 
  2827 * New commands to load and prove verification conditions generated by
  2828 the Boogie program verifier or derived systems (e.g. the Verifying C
  2829 Compiler (VCC) or Spec#).  See src/HOL/Boogie.
  2830 
  2831 * New counterexample generator tool 'nitpick' based on the Kodkod
  2832 relational model finder.  See src/HOL/Tools/Nitpick and
  2833 src/HOL/Nitpick_Examples.
  2834 
  2835 * New commands 'code_pred' and 'values' to invoke the predicate
  2836 compiler and to enumerate values of inductive predicates.
  2837 
  2838 * A tabled implementation of the reflexive transitive closure.
  2839 
  2840 * New implementation of quickcheck uses generic code generator;
  2841 default generators are provided for all suitable HOL types, records
  2842 and datatypes.  Old quickcheck can be re-activated importing theory
  2843 Library/SML_Quickcheck.
  2844 
  2845 * New testing tool Mirabelle for automated proof tools.  Applies
  2846 several tools and tactics like sledgehammer, metis, or quickcheck, to
  2847 every proof step in a theory.  To be used in batch mode via the
  2848 "mirabelle" utility.
  2849 
  2850 * New proof method "sos" (sum of squares) for nonlinear real
  2851 arithmetic (originally due to John Harison). It requires theory
  2852 Library/Sum_Of_Squares.  It is not a complete decision procedure but
  2853 works well in practice on quantifier-free real arithmetic with +, -,
  2854 *, ^, =, <= and <, i.e. boolean combinations of equalities and
  2855 inequalities between polynomials.  It makes use of external
  2856 semidefinite programming solvers.  Method "sos" generates a
  2857 certificate that can be pasted into the proof thus avoiding the need
  2858 to call an external tool every time the proof is checked.  See
  2859 src/HOL/Library/Sum_Of_Squares.
  2860 
  2861 * New method "linarith" invokes existing linear arithmetic decision
  2862 procedure only.
  2863 
  2864 * New command 'atp_minimal' reduces result produced by Sledgehammer.
  2865 
  2866 * New Sledgehammer option "Full Types" in Proof General settings menu.
  2867 Causes full type information to be output to the ATPs.  This slows
  2868 ATPs down considerably but eliminates a source of unsound "proofs"
  2869 that fail later.
  2870 
  2871 * New method "metisFT": A version of metis that uses full type
  2872 information in order to avoid failures of proof reconstruction.
  2873 
  2874 * New evaluator "approximate" approximates an real valued term using
  2875 the same method as the approximation method.
  2876 
  2877 * Method "approximate" now supports arithmetic expressions as
  2878 boundaries of intervals and implements interval splitting and Taylor
  2879 series expansion.
  2880 
  2881 * ML antiquotation @{code_datatype} inserts definition of a datatype
  2882 generated by the code generator; e.g. see src/HOL/Predicate.thy.
  2883 
  2884 * New theory SupInf of the supremum and infimum operators for sets of
  2885 reals.
  2886 
  2887 * New theory Probability, which contains a development of measure
  2888 theory, eventually leading to Lebesgue integration and probability.
  2889 
  2890 * Extended Multivariate Analysis to include derivation and Brouwer's
  2891 fixpoint theorem.
  2892 
  2893 * Reorganization of number theory, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  2894   - new number theory development for nat and int, in theories Divides
  2895     and GCD as well as in new session Number_Theory
  2896   - some constants and facts now suffixed with _nat and _int
  2897     accordingly
  2898   - former session NumberTheory now named Old_Number_Theory, including
  2899     theories Legacy_GCD and Primes (prefer Number_Theory if possible)
  2900   - moved theory Pocklington from src/HOL/Library to
  2901     src/HOL/Old_Number_Theory
  2902 
  2903 * Theory GCD includes functions Gcd/GCD and Lcm/LCM for the gcd and
  2904 lcm of finite and infinite sets. It is shown that they form a complete
  2905 lattice.
  2906 
  2907 * Class semiring_div requires superclass no_zero_divisors and proof of
  2908 div_mult_mult1; theorems div_mult_mult1, div_mult_mult2,
  2909 div_mult_mult1_if, div_mult_mult1 and div_mult_mult2 have been
  2910 generalized to class semiring_div, subsuming former theorems
  2911 zdiv_zmult_zmult1, zdiv_zmult_zmult1_if, zdiv_zmult_zmult1 and
  2912 zdiv_zmult_zmult2.  div_mult_mult1 is now [simp] by default.
  2913 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2914 
  2915 * Refinements to lattice classes and sets:
  2916   - less default intro/elim rules in locale variant, more default
  2917     intro/elim rules in class variant: more uniformity
  2918   - lemma ge_sup_conv renamed to le_sup_iff, in accordance with
  2919     le_inf_iff
  2920   - dropped lemma alias inf_ACI for inf_aci (same for sup_ACI and
  2921     sup_aci)
  2922   - renamed ACI to inf_sup_aci
  2923   - new class "boolean_algebra"
  2924   - class "complete_lattice" moved to separate theory
  2925     "Complete_Lattice"; corresponding constants (and abbreviations)
  2926     renamed and with authentic syntax:
  2927     Set.Inf ~>    Complete_Lattice.Inf
  2928     Set.Sup ~>    Complete_Lattice.Sup
  2929     Set.INFI ~>   Complete_Lattice.INFI
  2930     Set.SUPR ~>   Complete_Lattice.SUPR
  2931     Set.Inter ~>  Complete_Lattice.Inter
  2932     Set.Union ~>  Complete_Lattice.Union
  2933     Set.INTER ~>  Complete_Lattice.INTER
  2934     Set.UNION ~>  Complete_Lattice.UNION
  2935   - authentic syntax for
  2936     Set.Pow
  2937     Set.image
  2938   - mere abbreviations:
  2939     Set.empty               (for bot)
  2940     Set.UNIV                (for top)
  2941     Set.inter               (for inf, formerly Set.Int)
  2942     Set.union               (for sup, formerly Set.Un)
  2943     Complete_Lattice.Inter  (for Inf)
  2944     Complete_Lattice.Union  (for Sup)
  2945     Complete_Lattice.INTER  (for INFI)
  2946     Complete_Lattice.UNION  (for SUPR)
  2947   - object-logic definitions as far as appropriate
  2948 
  2949 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Care is required when theorems Int_subset_iff or
  2950 Un_subset_iff are explicitly deleted as default simp rules; then also
  2951 their lattice counterparts le_inf_iff and le_sup_iff have to be
  2952 deleted to achieve the desired effect.
  2953 
  2954 * Rules inf_absorb1, inf_absorb2, sup_absorb1, sup_absorb2 are no simp
  2955 rules by default any longer; the same applies to min_max.inf_absorb1
  2956 etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2957 
  2958 * Rules sup_Int_eq and sup_Un_eq are no longer declared as
  2959 pred_set_conv by default.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2960 
  2961 * Power operations on relations and functions are now one dedicated
  2962 constant "compow" with infix syntax "^^".  Power operation on
  2963 multiplicative monoids retains syntax "^" and is now defined generic
  2964 in class power.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2965 
  2966 * Relation composition "R O S" now has a more standard argument order:
  2967 "R O S = {(x, z). EX y. (x, y) : R & (y, z) : S}".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  2968 rewrite propositions with "S O R" --> "R O S". Proofs may occasionally
  2969 break, since the O_assoc rule was not rewritten like this.  Fix using
  2970 O_assoc[symmetric].  The same applies to the curried version "R OO S".
  2971 
  2972 * Function "Inv" is renamed to "inv_into" and function "inv" is now an
  2973 abbreviation for "inv_into UNIV".  Lemmas are renamed accordingly.
  2974 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2975 
  2976 * Most rules produced by inductive and datatype package have mandatory
  2977 prefixes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2978 
  2979 * Changed "DERIV_intros" to a dynamic fact, which can be augmented by
  2980 the attribute of the same name.  Each of the theorems in the list
  2981 DERIV_intros assumes composition with an additional function and
  2982 matches a variable to the derivative, which has to be solved by the
  2983 Simplifier.  Hence (auto intro!: DERIV_intros) computes the derivative
  2984 of most elementary terms.  Former Maclauren.DERIV_tac and
  2985 Maclauren.deriv_tac should be replaced by (auto intro!: DERIV_intros).
  2986 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2987 
  2988 * Code generator attributes follow the usual underscore convention:
  2989     code_unfold     replaces    code unfold
  2990     code_post       replaces    code post
  2991     etc.
  2992   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2993 
  2994 * Renamed methods:
  2995     sizechange -> size_change
  2996     induct_scheme -> induction_schema
  2997   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2998 
  2999 * Discontinued abbreviation "arbitrary" of constant "undefined".
  3000 INCOMPATIBILITY, use "undefined" directly.
  3001 
  3002 * Renamed theorems:
  3003     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  3004     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1_left -> Suc_eq_plus1_left
  3005     Suc_plus1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  3006     *anti_sym -> *antisym*
  3007     vector_less_eq_def -> vector_le_def
  3008   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3009 
  3010 * Added theorem List.map_map as [simp].  Removed List.map_compose.
  3011 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3012 
  3013 * Removed predicate "M hassize n" (<--> card M = n & finite M).
  3014 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3015 
  3016 
  3017 *** HOLCF ***
  3018 
  3019 * Theory Representable defines a class "rep" of domains that are
  3020 representable (via an ep-pair) in the universal domain type "udom".
  3021 Instances are provided for all type constructors defined in HOLCF.
  3022 
  3023 * The 'new_domain' command is a purely definitional version of the
  3024 domain package, for representable domains.  Syntax is identical to the
  3025 old domain package.  The 'new_domain' package also supports indirect
  3026 recursion using previously-defined type constructors.  See
  3027 src/HOLCF/ex/New_Domain.thy for examples.
  3028 
  3029 * Method "fixrec_simp" unfolds one step of a fixrec-defined constant
  3030 on the left-hand side of an equation, and then performs
  3031 simplification.  Rewriting is done using rules declared with the
  3032 "fixrec_simp" attribute.  The "fixrec_simp" method is intended as a
  3033 replacement for "fixpat"; see src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples.
  3034 
  3035 * The pattern-match compiler in 'fixrec' can now handle constructors
  3036 with HOL function types.  Pattern-match combinators for the Pair
  3037 constructor are pre-configured.
  3038 
  3039 * The 'fixrec' package now produces better fixed-point induction rules
  3040 for mutually-recursive definitions:  Induction rules have conclusions
  3041 of the form "P foo bar" instead of "P <foo, bar>".
  3042 
  3043 * The constant "sq_le" (with infix syntax "<<" or "\<sqsubseteq>") has
  3044 been renamed to "below".  The name "below" now replaces "less" in many
  3045 theorem names.  (Legacy theorem names using "less" are still supported
  3046 as well.)
  3047 
  3048 * The 'fixrec' package now supports "bottom patterns".  Bottom
  3049 patterns can be used to generate strictness rules, or to make
  3050 functions more strict (much like the bang-patterns supported by the
  3051 Glasgow Haskell Compiler).  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  3052 examples.
  3053 
  3054 
  3055 *** ML ***
  3056 
  3057 * Support for Poly/ML 5.3.0, with improved reporting of compiler
  3058 errors and run-time exceptions, including detailed source positions.
  3059 
  3060 * Structure Name_Space (formerly NameSpace) now manages uniquely
  3061 identified entries, with some additional information such as source
  3062 position, logical grouping etc.
  3063 
  3064 * Theory and context data is now introduced by the simplified and
  3065 modernized functors Theory_Data, Proof_Data, Generic_Data.  Data needs
  3066 to be pure, but the old TheoryDataFun for mutable data (with explicit
  3067 copy operation) is still available for some time.
  3068 
  3069 * Structure Synchronized (cf. src/Pure/Concurrent/synchronized.ML)
  3070 provides a high-level programming interface to synchronized state
  3071 variables with atomic update.  This works via pure function
  3072 application within a critical section -- its runtime should be as
  3073 short as possible; beware of deadlocks if critical code is nested,
  3074 either directly or indirectly via other synchronized variables!
  3075 
  3076 * Structure Unsynchronized (cf. src/Pure/ML-Systems/unsynchronized.ML)
  3077 wraps raw ML references, explicitly indicating their non-thread-safe
  3078 behaviour.  The Isar toplevel keeps this structure open, to
  3079 accommodate Proof General as well as quick and dirty interactive
  3080 experiments with references.
  3081 
  3082 * PARALLEL_CHOICE and PARALLEL_GOALS provide basic support for
  3083 parallel tactical reasoning.
  3084 
  3085 * Tacticals Subgoal.FOCUS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PREMS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PARAMS
  3086 are similar to SUBPROOF, but are slightly more flexible: only the
  3087 specified parts of the subgoal are imported into the context, and the
  3088 body tactic may introduce new subgoals and schematic variables.
  3089 
  3090 * Old tactical METAHYPS, which does not observe the proof context, has
  3091 been renamed to Old_Goals.METAHYPS and awaits deletion.  Use SUBPROOF
  3092 or Subgoal.FOCUS etc.
  3093 
  3094 * Renamed functor TableFun to Table, and GraphFun to Graph.  (Since
  3095 functors have their own ML name space there is no point to mark them
  3096 separately.)  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3097 
  3098 * Renamed NamedThmsFun to Named_Thms.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3099 
  3100 * Renamed several structures FooBar to Foo_Bar.  Occasional,
  3101 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3102 
  3103 * Operations of structure Skip_Proof no longer require quick_and_dirty
  3104 mode, which avoids critical setmp.
  3105 
  3106 * Eliminated old Attrib.add_attributes, Method.add_methods and related
  3107 combinators for "args".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to use simplified
  3108 Attrib/Method.setup introduced in Isabelle2009.
  3109 
  3110 * Proper context for simpset_of, claset_of, clasimpset_of.  May fall
  3111 back on global_simpset_of, global_claset_of, global_clasimpset_of as
  3112 last resort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3113 
  3114 * Display.pretty_thm now requires a proper context (cf. former
  3115 ProofContext.pretty_thm).  May fall back on Display.pretty_thm_global
  3116 or even Display.pretty_thm_without_context as last resort.
  3117 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3118 
  3119 * Discontinued Display.pretty_ctyp/cterm etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3120 Syntax.pretty_typ/term directly, preferably with proper context
  3121 instead of global theory.
  3122 
  3123 
  3124 *** System ***
  3125 
  3126 * Further fine tuning of parallel proof checking, scales up to 8 cores
  3127 (max. speedup factor 5.0).  See also Goal.parallel_proofs in ML and
  3128 usedir option -q.
  3129 
  3130 * Support for additional "Isabelle components" via etc/components, see
  3131 also the system manual.
  3132 
  3133 * The isabelle makeall tool now operates on all components with
  3134 IsaMakefile, not just hardwired "logics".
  3135 
  3136 * Removed "compress" option from isabelle-process and isabelle usedir;
  3137 this is always enabled.
  3138 
  3139 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 4.x versions.
  3140 
  3141 * Isabelle tool "wwwfind" provides web interface for 'find_theorems'
  3142 on a given logic image.  This requires the lighttpd webserver and is
  3143 currently supported on Linux only.
  3144 
  3145 
  3146 
  3147 New in Isabelle2009 (April 2009)
  3148 --------------------------------
  3149 
  3150 *** General ***
  3151 
  3152 * Simplified main Isabelle executables, with less surprises on
  3153 case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  3154 
  3155   - The main Isabelle tool wrapper is now called "isabelle" instead of
  3156     "isatool."
  3157 
  3158   - The former "isabelle" alias for "isabelle-process" has been
  3159     removed (should rarely occur to regular users).
  3160 
  3161   - The former "isabelle-interface" and its alias "Isabelle" have been
  3162     removed (interfaces are now regular Isabelle tools).
  3163 
  3164 Within scripts and make files, the Isabelle environment variables
  3165 ISABELLE_TOOL and ISABELLE_PROCESS replace old ISATOOL and ISABELLE,
  3166 respectively.  (The latter are still available as legacy feature.)
  3167 
  3168 The old isabelle-interface wrapper could react in confusing ways if
  3169 the interface was uninstalled or changed otherwise.  Individual
  3170 interface tool configuration is now more explicit, see also the
  3171 Isabelle system manual.  In particular, Proof General is now available
  3172 via "isabelle emacs".
  3173 
  3174 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt derivative scripts.  Users may need to
  3175 purge installed copies of Isabelle executables and re-run "isabelle
  3176 install -p ...", or use symlinks.
  3177 
  3178 * The default for ISABELLE_HOME_USER is now ~/.isabelle instead of the
  3179 old ~/isabelle, which was slightly non-standard and apt to cause
  3180 surprises on case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  3181 
  3182 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to move existing ~/isabelle/etc,
  3183 ~/isabelle/heaps, ~/isabelle/browser_info to the new place.  Special
  3184 care is required when using older releases of Isabelle.  Note that
  3185 ISABELLE_HOME_USER can be changed in Isabelle/etc/settings of any
  3186 Isabelle distribution, in order to use the new ~/.isabelle uniformly.
  3187 
  3188 * Proofs of fully specified statements are run in parallel on
  3189 multi-core systems.  A speedup factor of 2.5 to 3.2 can be expected on
  3190 a regular 4-core machine, if the initial heap space is made reasonably
  3191 large (cf. Poly/ML option -H).  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  3192 
  3193 * The main reference manuals ("isar-ref", "implementation", and
  3194 "system") have been updated and extended.  Formally checked references
  3195 as hyperlinks are now available uniformly.
  3196 
  3197 
  3198 *** Pure ***
  3199 
  3200 * Complete re-implementation of locales.  INCOMPATIBILITY in several
  3201 respects.  The most important changes are listed below.  See the
  3202 Tutorial on Locales ("locales" manual) for details.
  3203 
  3204 - In locale expressions, instantiation replaces renaming.  Parameters
  3205 must be declared in a for clause.  To aid compatibility with previous
  3206 parameter inheritance, in locale declarations, parameters that are not
  3207 'touched' (instantiation position "_" or omitted) are implicitly added
  3208 with their syntax at the beginning of the for clause.
  3209 
  3210 - Syntax from abbreviations and definitions in locales is available in
  3211 locale expressions and context elements.  The latter is particularly
  3212 useful in locale declarations.
  3213 
  3214 - More flexible mechanisms to qualify names generated by locale
  3215 expressions.  Qualifiers (prefixes) may be specified in locale
  3216 expressions, and can be marked as mandatory (syntax: "name!:") or
  3217 optional (syntax "name?:").  The default depends for plain "name:"
  3218 depends on the situation where a locale expression is used: in
  3219 commands 'locale' and 'sublocale' prefixes are optional, in
  3220 'interpretation' and 'interpret' prefixes are mandatory.  The old
  3221 implicit qualifiers derived from the parameter names of a locale are
  3222 no longer generated.
  3223 
  3224 - Command "sublocale l < e" replaces "interpretation l < e".  The
  3225 instantiation clause in "interpretation" and "interpret" (square
  3226 brackets) is no longer available.  Use locale expressions.
  3227 
  3228 - When converting proof scripts, mandatory qualifiers in
  3229 'interpretation' and 'interpret' should be retained by default, even
  3230 if this is an INCOMPATIBILITY compared to former behavior.  In the
  3231 worst case, use the "name?:" form for non-mandatory ones.  Qualifiers
  3232 in locale expressions range over a single locale instance only.
  3233 
  3234 - Dropped locale element "includes".  This is a major INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3235 In existing theorem specifications replace the includes element by the
  3236 respective context elements of the included locale, omitting those
  3237 that are already present in the theorem specification.  Multiple
  3238 assume elements of a locale should be replaced by a single one
  3239 involving the locale predicate.  In the proof body, declarations (most
  3240 notably theorems) may be regained by interpreting the respective
  3241 locales in the proof context as required (command "interpret").
  3242 
  3243 If using "includes" in replacement of a target solely because the
  3244 parameter types in the theorem are not as general as in the target,
  3245 consider declaring a new locale with additional type constraints on
  3246 the parameters (context element "constrains").
  3247 
  3248 - Discontinued "locale (open)".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3249 
  3250 - Locale interpretation commands no longer attempt to simplify goal.
  3251 INCOMPATIBILITY: in rare situations the generated goal differs.  Use
  3252 methods intro_locales and unfold_locales to clarify.
  3253 
  3254 - Locale interpretation commands no longer accept interpretation
  3255 attributes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3256 
  3257 * Class declaration: so-called "base sort" must not be given in import
  3258 list any longer, but is inferred from the specification.  Particularly
  3259 in HOL, write
  3260 
  3261     class foo = ...
  3262 
  3263 instead of
  3264 
  3265     class foo = type + ...
  3266 
  3267 * Class target: global versions of theorems stemming do not carry a
  3268 parameter prefix any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3269 
  3270 * Class 'instance' command no longer accepts attached definitions.
  3271 INCOMPATIBILITY, use proper 'instantiation' target instead.
  3272 
  3273 * Recovered hiding of consts, which was accidentally broken in
  3274 Isabelle2007.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, ``hide const c'' really
  3275 makes c inaccessible; consider using ``hide (open) const c'' instead.
  3276 
  3277 * Slightly more coherent Pure syntax, with updated documentation in
  3278 isar-ref manual.  Removed locales meta_term_syntax and
  3279 meta_conjunction_syntax: TERM and &&& (formerly &&) are now permanent,
  3280 INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations.  Note that &&& should not be used
  3281 directly in regular applications.
  3282 
  3283 * There is a new syntactic category "float_const" for signed decimal
  3284 fractions (e.g. 123.45 or -123.45).
  3285 
  3286 * Removed exotic 'token_translation' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML
  3287 interface with 'setup' command instead.
  3288 
  3289 * Command 'local_setup' is similar to 'setup', but operates on a local
  3290 theory context.
  3291 
  3292 * The 'axiomatization' command now only works within a global theory
  3293 context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3294 
  3295 * Goal-directed proof now enforces strict proof irrelevance wrt. sort
  3296 hypotheses.  Sorts required in the course of reasoning need to be
  3297 covered by the constraints in the initial statement, completed by the
  3298 type instance information of the background theory.  Non-trivial sort
  3299 hypotheses, which rarely occur in practice, may be specified via
  3300 vacuous propositions of the form SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::c).  For example:
  3301 
  3302   lemma assumes "SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::empty)" shows False ...
  3303 
  3304 The result contains an implicit sort hypotheses as before --
  3305 SORT_CONSTRAINT premises are eliminated as part of the canonical rule
  3306 normalization.
  3307 
  3308 * Generalized Isar history, with support for linear undo, direct state
  3309 addressing etc.
  3310 
  3311 * Changed defaults for unify configuration options:
  3312 
  3313   unify_trace_bound = 50 (formerly 25)
  3314   unify_search_bound = 60 (formerly 30)
  3315 
  3316 * Different bookkeeping for code equations (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  3317 
  3318   a) On theory merge, the last set of code equations for a particular
  3319      constant is taken (in accordance with the policy applied by other
  3320      parts of the code generator framework).
  3321 
  3322   b) Code equations stemming from explicit declarations (e.g. code
  3323      attribute) gain priority over default code equations stemming
  3324      from definition, primrec, fun etc.
  3325 
  3326 * Keyword 'code_exception' now named 'code_abort'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3327 
  3328 * Unified theorem tables for both code generators.  Thus [code
  3329 func] has disappeared and only [code] remains.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3330 
  3331 * Command 'find_consts' searches for constants based on type and name
  3332 patterns, e.g.
  3333 
  3334     find_consts "_ => bool"
  3335 
  3336 By default, matching is against subtypes, but it may be restricted to
  3337 the whole type.  Searching by name is possible.  Multiple queries are
  3338 conjunctive and queries may be negated by prefixing them with a
  3339 hyphen:
  3340 
  3341     find_consts strict: "_ => bool" name: "Int" -"int => int"
  3342 
  3343 * New 'find_theorems' criterion "solves" matches theorems that
  3344 directly solve the current goal (modulo higher-order unification).
  3345 
  3346 * Auto solve feature for main theorem statements: whenever a new goal
  3347 is stated, "find_theorems solves" is called; any theorems that could
  3348 solve the lemma directly are listed as part of the goal state.
  3349 Cf. associated options in Proof General Isabelle settings menu,
  3350 enabled by default, with reasonable timeout for pathological cases of
  3351 higher-order unification.
  3352 
  3353 
  3354 *** Document preparation ***
  3355 
  3356 * Antiquotation @{lemma} now imitates a regular terminal proof,
  3357 demanding keyword 'by' and supporting the full method expression
  3358 syntax just like the Isar command 'by'.
  3359 
  3360 
  3361 *** HOL ***
  3362 
  3363 * Integrated main parts of former image HOL-Complex with HOL.  Entry
  3364 points Main and Complex_Main remain as before.
  3365 
  3366 * Logic image HOL-Plain provides a minimal HOL with the most important
  3367 tools available (inductive, datatype, primrec, ...).  This facilitates
  3368 experimentation and tool development.  Note that user applications
  3369 (and library theories) should never refer to anything below theory
  3370 Main, as before.
  3371 
  3372 * Logic image HOL-Main stops at theory Main, and thus facilitates
  3373 experimentation due to shorter build times.
  3374 
  3375 * Logic image HOL-NSA contains theories of nonstandard analysis which
  3376 were previously part of former HOL-Complex.  Entry point Hyperreal
  3377 remains valid, but theories formerly using Complex_Main should now use
  3378 new entry point Hypercomplex.
  3379 
  3380 * Generic ATP manager for Sledgehammer, based on ML threads instead of
  3381 Posix processes.  Avoids potentially expensive forking of the ML
  3382 process.  New thread-based implementation also works on non-Unix
  3383 platforms (Cygwin).  Provers are no longer hardwired, but defined
  3384 within the theory via plain ML wrapper functions.  Basic Sledgehammer
  3385 commands are covered in the isar-ref manual.
  3386 
  3387 * Wrapper scripts for remote SystemOnTPTP service allows to use
  3388 sledgehammer without local ATP installation (Vampire etc.). Other
  3389 provers may be included via suitable ML wrappers, see also
  3390 src/HOL/ATP_Linkup.thy.
  3391 
  3392 * ATP selection (E/Vampire/Spass) is now via Proof General's settings
  3393 menu.
  3394 
  3395 * The metis method no longer fails because the theorem is too trivial
  3396 (contains the empty clause).
  3397 
  3398 * The metis method now fails in the usual manner, rather than raising
  3399 an exception, if it determines that it cannot prove the theorem.
  3400 
  3401 * Method "coherent" implements a prover for coherent logic (see also
  3402 src/Tools/coherent.ML).
  3403 
  3404 * Constants "undefined" and "default" replace "arbitrary".  Usually
  3405 "undefined" is the right choice to replace "arbitrary", though
  3406 logically there is no difference.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3407 
  3408 * Command "value" now integrates different evaluation mechanisms.  The
  3409 result of the first successful evaluation mechanism is printed.  In
  3410 square brackets a particular named evaluation mechanisms may be
  3411 specified (currently, [SML], [code] or [nbe]).  See further
  3412 src/HOL/ex/Eval_Examples.thy.
  3413 
  3414 * Normalization by evaluation now allows non-leftlinear equations.
  3415 Declare with attribute [code nbe].
  3416 
  3417 * Methods "case_tac" and "induct_tac" now refer to the very same rules
  3418 as the structured Isar versions "cases" and "induct", cf. the
  3419 corresponding "cases" and "induct" attributes.  Mutual induction rules
  3420 are now presented as a list of individual projections
  3421 (e.g. foo_bar.inducts for types foo and bar); the old format with
  3422 explicit HOL conjunction is no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  3423 rare situations a different rule is selected --- notably nested tuple
  3424 elimination instead of former prod.exhaust: use explicit (case_tac t
  3425 rule: prod.exhaust) here.
  3426 
  3427 * Attributes "cases", "induct", "coinduct" support "del" option.
  3428 
  3429 * Removed fact "case_split_thm", which duplicates "case_split".
  3430 
  3431 * The option datatype has been moved to a new theory Option.  Renamed
  3432 option_map to Option.map, and o2s to Option.set, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3433 
  3434 * New predicate "strict_mono" classifies strict functions on partial
  3435 orders.  With strict functions on linear orders, reasoning about
  3436 (in)equalities is facilitated by theorems "strict_mono_eq",
  3437 "strict_mono_less_eq" and "strict_mono_less".
  3438 
  3439 * Some set operations are now proper qualified constants with
  3440 authentic syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3441 
  3442     op Int ~>   Set.Int
  3443     op Un ~>    Set.Un
  3444     INTER ~>    Set.INTER
  3445     UNION ~>    Set.UNION
  3446     Inter ~>    Set.Inter
  3447     Union ~>    Set.Union
  3448     {} ~>       Set.empty
  3449     UNIV ~>     Set.UNIV
  3450 
  3451 * Class complete_lattice with operations Inf, Sup, INFI, SUPR now in
  3452 theory Set.
  3453 
  3454 * Auxiliary class "itself" has disappeared -- classes without any
  3455 parameter are treated as expected by the 'class' command.
  3456 
  3457 * Leibnitz's Series for Pi and the arcus tangens and logarithm series.
  3458 
  3459 * Common decision procedures (Cooper, MIR, Ferrack, Approximation,
  3460 Dense_Linear_Order) are now in directory HOL/Decision_Procs.
  3461 
  3462 * Theory src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Approximation provides the new proof
  3463 method "approximation".  It proves formulas on real values by using
  3464 interval arithmetic.  In the formulas are also the transcendental
  3465 functions sin, cos, tan, atan, ln, exp and the constant pi are
  3466 allowed. For examples see
  3467 src/HOL/Descision_Procs/ex/Approximation_Ex.thy.
  3468 
  3469 * Theory "Reflection" now resides in HOL/Library.
  3470 
  3471 * Entry point to Word library now simply named "Word".
  3472 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3473 
  3474 * Made source layout more coherent with logical distribution
  3475 structure:
  3476 
  3477     src/HOL/Library/RType.thy ~> src/HOL/Typerep.thy
  3478     src/HOL/Library/Code_Message.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3479     src/HOL/Library/GCD.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3480     src/HOL/Library/Order_Relation.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3481     src/HOL/Library/Parity.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3482     src/HOL/Library/Univ_Poly.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3483     src/HOL/Real/ContNotDenum.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3484     src/HOL/Real/Lubs.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3485     src/HOL/Real/PReal.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3486     src/HOL/Real/Rational.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3487     src/HOL/Real/RComplete.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3488     src/HOL/Real/RealDef.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3489     src/HOL/Real/RealPow.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3490     src/HOL/Real/Real.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3491     src/HOL/Complex/Complex_Main.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3492     src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3493     src/HOL/Complex/FrechetDeriv.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3494     src/HOL/Complex/Fundamental_Theorem_Algebra.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3495     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Deriv.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3496     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Fact.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3497     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Integration.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3498     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Lim.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3499     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Ln.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3500     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Log.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3501     src/HOL/Hyperreal/MacLaurin.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3502     src/HOL/Hyperreal/NthRoot.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3503     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Series.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3504     src/HOL/Hyperreal/SEQ.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3505     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Taylor.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3506     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Transcendental.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3507     src/HOL/Real/Float ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3508     src/HOL/Real/HahnBanach ~> src/HOL/HahnBanach
  3509     src/HOL/Real/RealVector.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3510 
  3511     src/HOL/arith_data.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3512     src/HOL/hologic.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3513     src/HOL/simpdata.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3514     src/HOL/int_arith1.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools/int_arith.ML
  3515     src/HOL/int_factor_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3516     src/HOL/nat_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3517     src/HOL/Real/float_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3518     src/HOL/Real/float_syntax.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3519     src/HOL/Real/rat_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3520     src/HOL/Real/real_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3521 
  3522     src/HOL/Library/Array.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3523     src/HOL/Library/Heap_Monad.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3524     src/HOL/Library/Heap.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3525     src/HOL/Library/Imperative_HOL.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3526     src/HOL/Library/Ref.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3527     src/HOL/Library/Relational.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3528 
  3529 * If methods "eval" and "evaluation" encounter a structured proof
  3530 state with !!/==>, only the conclusion is evaluated to True (if
  3531 possible), avoiding strange error messages.
  3532 
  3533 * Method "sizechange" automates termination proofs using (a
  3534 modification of) the size-change principle.  Requires SAT solver.  See
  3535 src/HOL/ex/Termination.thy for examples.
  3536 
  3537 * Simplifier: simproc for let expressions now unfolds if bound
  3538 variable occurs at most once in let expression body.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3539 
  3540 * Method "arith": Linear arithmetic now ignores all inequalities when
  3541 fast_arith_neq_limit is exceeded, instead of giving up entirely.
  3542 
  3543 * New attribute "arith" for facts that should always be used
  3544 automatically by arithmetic. It is intended to be used locally in
  3545 proofs, e.g.
  3546 
  3547   assumes [arith]: "x > 0"
  3548 
  3549 Global usage is discouraged because of possible performance impact.
  3550 
  3551 * New classes "top" and "bot" with corresponding operations "top" and
  3552 "bot" in theory Orderings; instantiation of class "complete_lattice"
  3553 requires instantiation of classes "top" and "bot".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3554 
  3555 * Changed definition lemma "less_fun_def" in order to provide an
  3556 instance for preorders on functions; use lemma "less_le" instead.
  3557 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3558 
  3559 * Theory Orderings: class "wellorder" moved here, with explicit
  3560 induction rule "less_induct" as assumption.  For instantiation of
  3561 "wellorder" by means of predicate "wf", use rule wf_wellorderI.
  3562 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3563 
  3564 * Theory Orderings: added class "preorder" as superclass of "order".
  3565 INCOMPATIBILITY: Instantiation proofs for order, linorder
  3566 etc. slightly changed.  Some theorems named order_class.* now named
  3567 preorder_class.*.
  3568 
  3569 * Theory Relation: renamed "refl" to "refl_on", "reflexive" to "refl,
  3570 "diag" to "Id_on".
  3571 
  3572 * Theory Finite_Set: added a new fold combinator of type
  3573 
  3574   ('a => 'b => 'b) => 'b => 'a set => 'b
  3575 
  3576 Occasionally this is more convenient than the old fold combinator
  3577 which is now defined in terms of the new one and renamed to
  3578 fold_image.
  3579 
  3580 * Theories Ring_and_Field and OrderedGroup: The lemmas "group_simps"
  3581 and "ring_simps" have been replaced by "algebra_simps" (which can be
  3582 extended with further lemmas!).  At the moment both still exist but
  3583 the former will disappear at some point.
  3584 
  3585 * Theory Power: Lemma power_Suc is now declared as a simp rule in
  3586 class recpower.  Type-specific simp rules for various recpower types
  3587 have been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, rename old lemmas as follows:
  3588 
  3589 rat_power_0    -> power_0
  3590 rat_power_Suc  -> power_Suc
  3591 realpow_0      -> power_0
  3592 realpow_Suc    -> power_Suc
  3593 complexpow_0   -> power_0
  3594 complexpow_Suc -> power_Suc
  3595 power_poly_0   -> power_0
  3596 power_poly_Suc -> power_Suc
  3597 
  3598 * Theories Ring_and_Field and Divides: Definition of "op dvd" has been
  3599 moved to separate class dvd in Ring_and_Field; a couple of lemmas on
  3600 dvd has been generalized to class comm_semiring_1.  Likewise a bunch
  3601 of lemmas from Divides has been generalized from nat to class
  3602 semiring_div.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  This involves the following theorem
  3603 renames resulting from duplicate elimination:
  3604 
  3605     dvd_def_mod ~>          dvd_eq_mod_eq_0
  3606     zero_dvd_iff ~>         dvd_0_left_iff
  3607     dvd_0 ~>                dvd_0_right
  3608     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_DIV ~> div_by_0
  3609     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_MOD ~> mod_by_0
  3610     mult_div ~>             div_mult_self2_is_id
  3611     mult_mod ~>             mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3612 
  3613 * Theory IntDiv: removed many lemmas that are instances of class-based
  3614 generalizations (from Divides and Ring_and_Field).  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3615 rename old lemmas as follows:
  3616 
  3617 dvd_diff               -> nat_dvd_diff
  3618 dvd_zminus_iff         -> dvd_minus_iff
  3619 mod_add1_eq            -> mod_add_eq
  3620 mod_mult1_eq           -> mod_mult_right_eq
  3621 mod_mult1_eq'          -> mod_mult_left_eq
  3622 mod_mult_distrib_mod   -> mod_mult_eq
  3623 nat_mod_add_left_eq    -> mod_add_left_eq
  3624 nat_mod_add_right_eq   -> mod_add_right_eq
  3625 nat_mod_div_trivial    -> mod_div_trivial
  3626 nat_mod_mod_trivial    -> mod_mod_trivial
  3627 zdiv_zadd_self1        -> div_add_self1
  3628 zdiv_zadd_self2        -> div_add_self2
  3629 zdiv_zmult_self1       -> div_mult_self2_is_id
  3630 zdiv_zmult_self2       -> div_mult_self1_is_id
  3631 zdvd_triv_left         -> dvd_triv_left
  3632 zdvd_triv_right        -> dvd_triv_right
  3633 zdvd_zmult_cancel_disj -> dvd_mult_cancel_left
  3634 zmod_eq0_zdvd_iff      -> dvd_eq_mod_eq_0[symmetric]
  3635 zmod_zadd_left_eq      -> mod_add_left_eq
  3636 zmod_zadd_right_eq     -> mod_add_right_eq
  3637 zmod_zadd_self1        -> mod_add_self1
  3638 zmod_zadd_self2        -> mod_add_self2
  3639 zmod_zadd1_eq          -> mod_add_eq
  3640 zmod_zdiff1_eq         -> mod_diff_eq
  3641 zmod_zdvd_zmod         -> mod_mod_cancel
  3642 zmod_zmod_cancel       -> mod_mod_cancel
  3643 zmod_zmult_self1       -> mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3644 zmod_zmult_self2       -> mod_mult_self1_is_0
  3645 zmod_1                 -> mod_by_1
  3646 zdiv_1                 -> div_by_1
  3647 zdvd_abs1              -> abs_dvd_iff
  3648 zdvd_abs2              -> dvd_abs_iff
  3649 zdvd_refl              -> dvd_refl
  3650 zdvd_trans             -> dvd_trans
  3651 zdvd_zadd              -> dvd_add
  3652 zdvd_zdiff             -> dvd_diff
  3653 zdvd_zminus_iff        -> dvd_minus_iff
  3654 zdvd_zminus2_iff       -> minus_dvd_iff
  3655 zdvd_zmultD            -> dvd_mult_right
  3656 zdvd_zmultD2           -> dvd_mult_left
  3657 zdvd_zmult_mono        -> mult_dvd_mono
  3658 zdvd_0_right           -> dvd_0_right
  3659 zdvd_0_left            -> dvd_0_left_iff
  3660 zdvd_1_left            -> one_dvd
  3661 zminus_dvd_iff         -> minus_dvd_iff
  3662 
  3663 * Theory Rational: 'Fract k 0' now equals '0'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3664 
  3665 * The real numbers offer decimal input syntax: 12.34 is translated
  3666 into 1234/10^2. This translation is not reversed upon output.
  3667 
  3668 * Theory Library/Polynomial defines an abstract type 'a poly of
  3669 univariate polynomials with coefficients of type 'a.  In addition to
  3670 the standard ring operations, it also supports div and mod.  Code
  3671 generation is also supported, using list-style constructors.
  3672 
  3673 * Theory Library/Inner_Product defines a class of real_inner for real
  3674 inner product spaces, with an overloaded operation inner :: 'a => 'a
  3675 => real.  Class real_inner is a subclass of real_normed_vector from
  3676 theory RealVector.
  3677 
  3678 * Theory Library/Product_Vector provides instances for the product
  3679 type 'a * 'b of several classes from RealVector and Inner_Product.
  3680 Definitions of addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, norms,
  3681 and inner products are included.
  3682 
  3683 * Theory Library/Bit defines the field "bit" of integers modulo 2.  In
  3684 addition to the field operations, numerals and case syntax are also
  3685 supported.
  3686 
  3687 * Theory Library/Diagonalize provides constructive version of Cantor's
  3688 first diagonalization argument.
  3689 
  3690 * Theory Library/GCD: Curried operations gcd, lcm (for nat) and zgcd,
  3691 zlcm (for int); carried together from various gcd/lcm developements in
  3692 the HOL Distribution.  Constants zgcd and zlcm replace former igcd and
  3693 ilcm; corresponding theorems renamed accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3694 may recover tupled syntax as follows:
  3695 
  3696     hide (open) const gcd
  3697     abbreviation gcd where
  3698       "gcd == (%(a, b). GCD.gcd a b)"
  3699     notation (output)
  3700       GCD.gcd ("gcd '(_, _')")
  3701 
  3702 The same works for lcm, zgcd, zlcm.
  3703 
  3704 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity: added addition, numeral syntax and more
  3705 instantiations for algebraic structures.  Removed some duplicate
  3706 theorems.  Changes in simp rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3707 
  3708 * ML antiquotation @{code} takes a constant as argument and generates
  3709 corresponding code in background and inserts name of the corresponding
  3710 resulting ML value/function/datatype constructor binding in place.
  3711 All occurrences of @{code} with a single ML block are generated
  3712 simultaneously.  Provides a generic and safe interface for
  3713 instrumentalizing code generation.  See
  3714 src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Ferrack.thy for a more ambitious application.
  3715 In future you ought to refrain from ad-hoc compiling generated SML
  3716 code on the ML toplevel.  Note that (for technical reasons) @{code}
  3717 cannot refer to constants for which user-defined serializations are
  3718 set.  Refer to the corresponding ML counterpart directly in that
  3719 cases.
  3720 
  3721 * Command 'rep_datatype': instead of theorem names the command now
  3722 takes a list of terms denoting the constructors of the type to be
  3723 represented as datatype.  The characteristic theorems have to be
  3724 proven.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Also observe that the following theorems
  3725 have disappeared in favour of existing ones:
  3726 
  3727     unit_induct                 ~> unit.induct
  3728     prod_induct                 ~> prod.induct
  3729     sum_induct                  ~> sum.induct
  3730     Suc_Suc_eq                  ~> nat.inject
  3731     Suc_not_Zero Zero_not_Suc   ~> nat.distinct
  3732 
  3733 
  3734 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  3735 
  3736 * New locales for orders and lattices where the equivalence relation
  3737 is not restricted to equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY: all order and lattice
  3738 locales use a record structure with field eq for the equivalence.
  3739 
  3740 * New theory of factorial domains.
  3741 
  3742 * Units_l_inv and Units_r_inv are now simp rules by default.
  3743 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Simplifier proof that require deletion of l_inv
  3744 and/or r_inv will now also require deletion of these lemmas.
  3745 
  3746 * Renamed the following theorems, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3747 
  3748 UpperD ~> Upper_memD
  3749 LowerD ~> Lower_memD
  3750 least_carrier ~> least_closed
  3751 greatest_carrier ~> greatest_closed
  3752 greatest_Lower_above ~> greatest_Lower_below
  3753 one_zero ~> carrier_one_zero
  3754 one_not_zero ~> carrier_one_not_zero  (collision with assumption)
  3755 
  3756 
  3757 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  3758 
  3759 * Nominal datatypes can now contain type-variables.
  3760 
  3761 * Commands 'nominal_inductive' and 'equivariance' work with local
  3762 theory targets.
  3763 
  3764 * Nominal primrec can now works with local theory targets and its
  3765 specification syntax now conforms to the general format as seen in
  3766 'inductive' etc.
  3767 
  3768 * Method "perm_simp" honours the standard simplifier attributes
  3769 (no_asm), (no_asm_use) etc.
  3770 
  3771 * The new predicate #* is defined like freshness, except that on the
  3772 left hand side can be a set or list of atoms.
  3773 
  3774 * Experimental command 'nominal_inductive2' derives strong induction
  3775 principles for inductive definitions.  In contrast to
  3776 'nominal_inductive', which can only deal with a fixed number of
  3777 binders, it can deal with arbitrary expressions standing for sets of
  3778 atoms to be avoided.  The only inductive definition we have at the
  3779 moment that needs this generalisation is the typing rule for Lets in
  3780 the algorithm W:
  3781 
  3782  Gamma |- t1 : T1   (x,close Gamma T1)::Gamma |- t2 : T2   x#Gamma
  3783  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  3784          Gamma |- Let x be t1 in t2 : T2
  3785 
  3786 In this rule one wants to avoid all the binders that are introduced by
  3787 "close Gamma T1".  We are looking for other examples where this
  3788 feature might be useful.  Please let us know.
  3789 
  3790 
  3791 *** HOLCF ***
  3792 
  3793 * Reimplemented the simplification procedure for proving continuity
  3794 subgoals.  The new simproc is extensible; users can declare additional
  3795 continuity introduction rules with the attribute [cont2cont].
  3796 
  3797 * The continuity simproc now uses a different introduction rule for
  3798 solving continuity subgoals on terms with lambda abstractions.  In
  3799 some rare cases the new simproc may fail to solve subgoals that the
  3800 old one could solve, and "simp add: cont2cont_LAM" may be necessary.
  3801 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3802 
  3803 * Command 'fixrec': specification syntax now conforms to the general
  3804 format as seen in 'inductive' etc.  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  3805 examples.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3806 
  3807 
  3808 *** ZF ***
  3809 
  3810 * Proof of Zorn's Lemma for partial orders.
  3811 
  3812 
  3813 *** ML ***
  3814 
  3815 * Multithreading for Poly/ML 5.1/5.2 is no longer supported, only for
  3816 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.  Important note: the TimeLimit facility
  3817 depends on multithreading, so timouts will not work before Poly/ML
  3818 5.2.1!
  3819 
  3820 * High-level support for concurrent ML programming, see
  3821 src/Pure/Cuncurrent.  The data-oriented model of "future values" is
  3822 particularly convenient to organize independent functional
  3823 computations.  The concept of "synchronized variables" provides a
  3824 higher-order interface for components with shared state, avoiding the
  3825 delicate details of mutexes and condition variables.  (Requires
  3826 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  3827 
  3828 * ML bindings produced via Isar commands are stored within the Isar
  3829 context (theory or proof).  Consequently, commands like 'use' and 'ML'
  3830 become thread-safe and work with undo as expected (concerning
  3831 top-level bindings, not side-effects on global references).
  3832 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to provide proper Isar context when invoking the
  3833 compiler at runtime; really global bindings need to be given outside a
  3834 theory.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3835 
  3836 * Command 'ML_prf' is analogous to 'ML' but works within a proof
  3837 context.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the proof context in
  3838 a purely sequential fashion, disregarding the nested proof structure.
  3839 ML bindings introduced by 'ML_prf' are discarded at the end of the
  3840 proof.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3841 
  3842 * Simplified ML attribute and method setup, cf. functions Attrib.setup
  3843 and Method.setup, as well as Isar commands 'attribute_setup' and
  3844 'method_setup'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for 'method_setup', need to simplify
  3845 existing code accordingly, or use plain 'setup' together with old
  3846 Method.add_method.
  3847 
  3848 * Simplified ML oracle interface Thm.add_oracle promotes 'a -> cterm
  3849 to 'a -> thm, while results are always tagged with an authentic oracle
  3850 name.  The Isar command 'oracle' is now polymorphic, no argument type
  3851 is specified.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify existing oracle code
  3852 accordingly.  Note that extra performance may be gained by producing
  3853 the cterm carefully, avoiding slow Thm.cterm_of.
  3854 
  3855 * Simplified interface for defining document antiquotations via
  3856 ThyOutput.antiquotation, ThyOutput.output, and optionally
  3857 ThyOutput.maybe_pretty_source.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify user
  3858 antiquotations accordingly, see src/Pure/Thy/thy_output.ML for common
  3859 examples.
  3860 
  3861 * More systematic treatment of long names, abstract name bindings, and
  3862 name space operations.  Basic operations on qualified names have been
  3863 move from structure NameSpace to Long_Name, e.g. Long_Name.base_name,
  3864 Long_Name.append.  Old type bstring has been mostly replaced by
  3865 abstract type binding (see structure Binding), which supports precise
  3866 qualification by packages and local theory targets, as well as proper
  3867 tracking of source positions.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to wrap old
  3868 bstring values into Binding.name, or better pass through abstract
  3869 bindings everywhere.  See further src/Pure/General/long_name.ML,
  3870 src/Pure/General/binding.ML and src/Pure/General/name_space.ML
  3871 
  3872 * Result facts (from PureThy.note_thms, ProofContext.note_thms,
  3873 LocalTheory.note etc.) now refer to the *full* internal name, not the
  3874 bstring as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY, not detected by ML type-checking!
  3875 
  3876 * Disposed old type and term read functions (Sign.read_def_typ,
  3877 Sign.read_typ, Sign.read_def_terms, Sign.read_term,
  3878 Thm.read_def_cterms, Thm.read_cterm etc.).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should
  3879 use regular Syntax.read_typ, Syntax.read_term, Syntax.read_typ_global,
  3880 Syntax.read_term_global etc.; see also OldGoals.read_term as last
  3881 resort for legacy applications.
  3882 
  3883 * Disposed old declarations, tactics, tactic combinators that refer to
  3884 the simpset or claset of an implicit theory (such as Addsimps,
  3885 Simp_tac, SIMPSET).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should use @{simpset} etc. in
  3886 embedded ML text, or local_simpset_of with a proper context passed as
  3887 explicit runtime argument.
  3888 
  3889 * Rules and tactics that read instantiations (read_instantiate,
  3890 res_inst_tac, thin_tac, subgoal_tac etc.) now demand a proper proof
  3891 context, which is required for parsing and type-checking.  Moreover,
  3892 the variables are specified as plain indexnames, not string encodings
  3893 thereof.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3894 
  3895 * Generic Toplevel.add_hook interface allows to analyze the result of
  3896 transactions.  E.g. see src/Pure/ProofGeneral/proof_general_pgip.ML
  3897 for theorem dependency output of transactions resulting in a new
  3898 theory state.
  3899 
  3900 * ML antiquotations: block-structured compilation context indicated by
  3901 \<lbrace> ... \<rbrace>; additional antiquotation forms:
  3902 
  3903   @{binding name}                         - basic name binding
  3904   @{let ?pat = term}                      - term abbreviation (HO matching)
  3905   @{note name = fact}                     - fact abbreviation
  3906   @{thm fact}                             - singleton fact (with attributes)
  3907   @{thms fact}                            - general fact (with attributes)
  3908   @{lemma prop by method}                 - singleton goal
  3909   @{lemma prop by meth1 meth2}            - singleton goal
  3910   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by method}      - general goal
  3911   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by meth1 meth2} - general goal
  3912   @{lemma (open) ...}                     - open derivation
  3913 
  3914 
  3915 *** System ***
  3916 
  3917 * The Isabelle "emacs" tool provides a specific interface to invoke
  3918 Proof General / Emacs, with more explicit failure if that is not
  3919 installed (the old isabelle-interface script silently falls back on
  3920 isabelle-process).  The PROOFGENERAL_HOME setting determines the
  3921 installation location of the Proof General distribution.
  3922 
  3923 * Isabelle/lib/classes/Pure.jar provides basic support to integrate
  3924 the Isabelle process into a JVM/Scala application.  See
  3925 Isabelle/lib/jedit/plugin for a minimal example.  (The obsolete Java
  3926 process wrapper has been discontinued.)
  3927 
  3928 * Added homegrown Isabelle font with unicode layout, see lib/fonts.
  3929 
  3930 * Various status messages (with exact source position information) are
  3931 emitted, if proper markup print mode is enabled.  This allows
  3932 user-interface components to provide detailed feedback on internal
  3933 prover operations.
  3934 
  3935 
  3936 
  3937 New in Isabelle2008 (June 2008)
  3938 -------------------------------
  3939 
  3940 *** General ***
  3941 
  3942 * The Isabelle/Isar Reference Manual (isar-ref) has been reorganized
  3943 and updated, with formally checked references as hyperlinks.
  3944 
  3945 * Theory loader: use_thy (and similar operations) no longer set the
  3946 implicit ML context, which was occasionally hard to predict and in
  3947 conflict with concurrency.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML within Isar which
  3948 provides a proper context already.
  3949 
  3950 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  3951 file are no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, regular 'uses' and
  3952 'use' within a theory file will do the job.
  3953 
  3954 * Name space merge now observes canonical order, i.e. the second space
  3955 is inserted into the first one, while existing entries in the first
  3956 space take precedence.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, may try to
  3957 swap theory imports.
  3958 
  3959 * Syntax: symbol \<chi> is now considered a letter.  Potential
  3960 INCOMPATIBILITY in identifier syntax etc.
  3961 
  3962 * Outer syntax: string tokens no longer admit escaped white space,
  3963 which was an accidental (undocumented) feature.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3964 white space without escapes.
  3965 
  3966 * Outer syntax: string tokens may contain arbitrary character codes
  3967 specified via 3 decimal digits (as in SML).  E.g. "foo\095bar" for
  3968 "foo_bar".
  3969 
  3970 
  3971 *** Pure ***
  3972 
  3973 * Context-dependent token translations.  Default setup reverts locally
  3974 fixed variables, and adds hilite markup for undeclared frees.
  3975 
  3976 * Unused theorems can be found using the new command 'unused_thms'.
  3977 There are three ways of invoking it:
  3978 
  3979 (1) unused_thms
  3980      Only finds unused theorems in the current theory.
  3981 
  3982 (2) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n -
  3983      Finds unused theorems in the current theory and all of its ancestors,
  3984      excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of their ancestors.
  3985 
  3986 (3) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n - thy'_1 ... thy'_m
  3987      Finds unused theorems in the theories thy'_1 ... thy'_m and all of
  3988      their ancestors, excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of
  3989      their ancestors.
  3990 
  3991 In order to increase the readability of the list produced by
  3992 unused_thms, theorems that have been created by a particular instance
  3993 of a theory command such as 'inductive' or 'function' are considered
  3994 to belong to the same "group", meaning that if at least one theorem in
  3995 this group is used, the other theorems in the same group are no longer
  3996 reported as unused.  Moreover, if all theorems in the group are
  3997 unused, only one theorem in the group is displayed.
  3998 
  3999 Note that proof objects have to be switched on in order for
  4000 unused_thms to work properly (i.e. !proofs must be >= 1, which is
  4001 usually the case when using Proof General with the default settings).
  4002 
  4003 * Authentic naming of facts disallows ad-hoc overwriting of previous
  4004 theorems within the same name space.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to remove
  4005 duplicate fact bindings, or even accidental fact duplications.  Note
  4006 that tools may maintain dynamically scoped facts systematically, using
  4007 PureThy.add_thms_dynamic.
  4008 
  4009 * Command 'hide' now allows to hide from "fact" name space as well.
  4010 
  4011 * Eliminated destructive theorem database, simpset, claset, and
  4012 clasimpset.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, really need to observe linear
  4013 update of theories within ML code.
  4014 
  4015 * Eliminated theory ProtoPure and CPure, leaving just one Pure theory.
  4016 INCOMPATIBILITY, object-logics depending on former Pure require
  4017 additional setup PureThy.old_appl_syntax_setup; object-logics
  4018 depending on former CPure need to refer to Pure.
  4019 
  4020 * Commands 'use' and 'ML' are now purely functional, operating on
  4021 theory/local_theory.  Removed former 'ML_setup' (on theory), use 'ML'
  4022 instead.  Added 'ML_val' as mere diagnostic replacement for 'ML'.
  4023 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4024 
  4025 * Command 'setup': discontinued implicit version with ML reference.
  4026 
  4027 * Instantiation target allows for simultaneous specification of class
  4028 instance operations together with an instantiation proof.
  4029 Type-checking phase allows to refer to class operations uniformly.
  4030 See src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy for an Isar example and
  4031 src/HOL/Library/Eval.thy for an ML example.
  4032 
  4033 * Indexing of literal facts: be more serious about including only
  4034 facts from the visible specification/proof context, but not the
  4035 background context (locale etc.).  Affects `prop` notation and method
  4036 "fact".  INCOMPATIBILITY: need to name facts explicitly in rare
  4037 situations.
  4038 
  4039 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": removed obsolete/undocumented
  4040 "(open)" option, which used to expose internal bound variables to the
  4041 proof text.
  4042 
  4043 * Isar statements: removed obsolete case "rule_context".
  4044 INCOMPATIBILITY, better use explicit fixes/assumes.
  4045 
  4046 * Locale proofs: default proof step now includes 'unfold_locales';
  4047 hence 'proof' without argument may be used to unfold locale
  4048 predicates.
  4049 
  4050 
  4051 *** Document preparation ***
  4052 
  4053 * Simplified pdfsetup.sty: color/hyperref is used unconditionally for
  4054 both pdf and dvi (hyperlinks usually work in xdvi as well); removed
  4055 obsolete thumbpdf setup (contemporary PDF viewers do this on the
  4056 spot); renamed link color from "darkblue" to "linkcolor" (default
  4057 value unchanged, can be redefined via \definecolor); no longer sets
  4058 "a4paper" option (unnecessary or even intrusive).
  4059 
  4060 * Antiquotation @{lemma A method} proves proposition A by the given
  4061 method (either a method name or a method name plus (optional) method
  4062 arguments in parentheses) and prints A just like @{prop A}.
  4063 
  4064 
  4065 *** HOL ***
  4066 
  4067 * New primrec package.  Specification syntax conforms in style to
  4068 definition/function/....  No separate induction rule is provided.  The
  4069 "primrec" command distinguishes old-style and new-style specifications
  4070 by syntax.  The former primrec package is now named OldPrimrecPackage.
  4071 When adjusting theories, beware: constants stemming from new-style
  4072 primrec specifications have authentic syntax.
  4073 
  4074 * Metis prover is now an order of magnitude faster, and also works
  4075 with multithreading.
  4076 
  4077 * Metis: the maximum number of clauses that can be produced from a
  4078 theorem is now given by the attribute max_clauses.  Theorems that
  4079 exceed this number are ignored, with a warning printed.
  4080 
  4081 * Sledgehammer no longer produces structured proofs by default. To
  4082 enable, declare [[sledgehammer_full = true]].  Attributes
  4083 reconstruction_modulus, reconstruction_sorts renamed
  4084 sledgehammer_modulus, sledgehammer_sorts.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4085 
  4086 * Method "induct_scheme" derives user-specified induction rules
  4087 from well-founded induction and completeness of patterns. This factors
  4088 out some operations that are done internally by the function package
  4089 and makes them available separately.  See
  4090 src/HOL/ex/Induction_Scheme.thy for examples.
  4091 
  4092 * More flexible generation of measure functions for termination
  4093 proofs: Measure functions can be declared by proving a rule of the
  4094 form "is_measure f" and giving it the [measure_function] attribute.
  4095 The "is_measure" predicate is logically meaningless (always true), and
  4096 just guides the heuristic.  To find suitable measure functions, the
  4097 termination prover sets up the goal "is_measure ?f" of the appropriate
  4098 type and generates all solutions by prolog-style backwards proof using
  4099 the declared rules.
  4100 
  4101 This setup also deals with rules like 
  4102 
  4103   "is_measure f ==> is_measure (list_size f)"
  4104 
  4105 which accommodates nested datatypes that recurse through lists.
  4106 Similar rules are predeclared for products and option types.
  4107 
  4108 * Turned the type of sets "'a set" into an abbreviation for "'a => bool"
  4109 
  4110   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  4111 
  4112   - Definitions of overloaded constants on sets have to be replaced by
  4113     definitions on => and bool.
  4114 
  4115   - Some definitions of overloaded operators on sets can now be proved
  4116     using the definitions of the operators on => and bool.  Therefore,
  4117     the following theorems have been renamed:
  4118 
  4119       subset_def   -> subset_eq
  4120       psubset_def  -> psubset_eq
  4121       set_diff_def -> set_diff_eq
  4122       Compl_def    -> Compl_eq
  4123       Sup_set_def  -> Sup_set_eq
  4124       Inf_set_def  -> Inf_set_eq
  4125       sup_set_def  -> sup_set_eq
  4126       inf_set_def  -> inf_set_eq
  4127 
  4128   - Due to the incompleteness of the HO unification algorithm, some
  4129     rules such as subst may require manual instantiation, if some of
  4130     the unknowns in the rule is a set.
  4131 
  4132   - Higher order unification and forward proofs:
  4133     The proof pattern
  4134 
  4135       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4136       then have "EX S. P S" ..
  4137 
  4138     no longer works (due to the incompleteness of the HO unification
  4139     algorithm) and must be replaced by the pattern
  4140 
  4141       have "EX S. P S"
  4142       proof
  4143         show "P S" <...>
  4144       qed
  4145 
  4146   - Calculational reasoning with subst (or similar rules):
  4147     The proof pattern
  4148 
  4149       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4150       also have "S = T" <...>
  4151       finally have "P T" .
  4152 
  4153     no longer works (for similar reasons as the previous example) and
  4154     must be replaced by something like
  4155 
  4156       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4157       moreover have "S = T" <...>
  4158       ultimately have "P T" by simp
  4159 
  4160   - Tactics or packages written in ML code:
  4161     Code performing pattern matching on types via
  4162 
  4163       Type ("set", [T]) => ...
  4164 
  4165     must be rewritten. Moreover, functions like strip_type or
  4166     binder_types no longer return the right value when applied to a
  4167     type of the form
  4168 
  4169       T1 => ... => Tn => U => bool
  4170 
  4171     rather than
  4172 
  4173       T1 => ... => Tn => U set
  4174 
  4175 * Merged theories Wellfounded_Recursion, Accessible_Part and
  4176 Wellfounded_Relations to theory Wellfounded.
  4177 
  4178 * Explicit class "eq" for executable equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4179 
  4180 * Class finite no longer treats UNIV as class parameter.  Use class
  4181 enum from theory Library/Enum instead to achieve a similar effect.
  4182 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4183 
  4184 * Theory List: rule list_induct2 now has explicitly named cases "Nil"
  4185 and "Cons".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4186 
  4187 * HOL (and FOL): renamed variables in rules imp_elim and swap.
  4188 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4189 
  4190 * Theory Product_Type: duplicated lemmas split_Pair_apply and
  4191 injective_fst_snd removed, use split_eta and prod_eqI instead.
  4192 Renamed upd_fst to apfst and upd_snd to apsnd.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4193 
  4194 * Theory Nat: removed redundant lemmas that merely duplicate lemmas of
  4195 the same name in theory Orderings:
  4196 
  4197   less_trans
  4198   less_linear
  4199   le_imp_less_or_eq
  4200   le_less_trans
  4201   less_le_trans
  4202   less_not_sym
  4203   less_asym
  4204 
  4205 Renamed less_imp_le to less_imp_le_nat, and less_irrefl to
  4206 less_irrefl_nat.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to more general types
  4207 and different variable names.
  4208 
  4209 * Library/Option_ord.thy: Canonical order on option type.
  4210 
  4211 * Library/RBT.thy: Red-black trees, an efficient implementation of
  4212 finite maps.
  4213 
  4214 * Library/Countable.thy: Type class for countable types.
  4215 
  4216 * Theory Int: The representation of numerals has changed.  The infix
  4217 operator BIT and the bit datatype with constructors B0 and B1 have
  4218 disappeared.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use "Int.Bit0 x" and "Int.Bit1 y" in
  4219 place of "x BIT bit.B0" and "y BIT bit.B1", respectively.  Theorems
  4220 involving BIT, B0, or B1 have been renamed with "Bit0" or "Bit1"
  4221 accordingly.
  4222 
  4223 * Theory Nat: definition of <= and < on natural numbers no longer
  4224 depend on well-founded relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Definitions
  4225 le_def and less_def have disappeared.  Consider lemmas not_less
  4226 [symmetric, where ?'a = nat] and less_eq [symmetric] instead.
  4227 
  4228 * Theory Finite_Set: locales ACf, ACe, ACIf, ACIfSL and ACIfSLlin
  4229 (whose purpose mainly is for various fold_set functionals) have been
  4230 abandoned in favor of the existing algebraic classes
  4231 ab_semigroup_mult, comm_monoid_mult, ab_semigroup_idem_mult,
  4232 lower_semilattice (resp. upper_semilattice) and linorder.
  4233 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4234 
  4235 * Theory Transitive_Closure: induct and cases rules now declare proper
  4236 case_names ("base" and "step").  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4237 
  4238 * Theorem Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct generalized to complete
  4239 lattices.  The form set-specific version is available as
  4240 Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct_set.
  4241 
  4242 * Renamed theorems "power.simps" to "power_int.simps".
  4243 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4244 
  4245 * Class semiring_div provides basic abstract properties of semirings
  4246 with division and modulo operations.  Subsumes former class dvd_mod.
  4247 
  4248 * Merged theories IntDef, Numeral and IntArith into unified theory
  4249 Int.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4250 
  4251 * Theory Library/Code_Index: type "index" now represents natural
  4252 numbers rather than integers.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4253 
  4254 * New class "uminus" with operation "uminus" (split of from class
  4255 "minus" which now only has operation "minus", binary).
  4256 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4257 
  4258 * Constants "card", "internal_split", "option_map" now with authentic
  4259 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4260 
  4261 * Definitions subset_def, psubset_def, set_diff_def, Compl_def,
  4262 le_bool_def, less_bool_def, le_fun_def, less_fun_def, inf_bool_def,
  4263 sup_bool_def, Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, inf_fun_def, sup_fun_def,
  4264 Inf_fun_def, Sup_fun_def, inf_set_def, sup_set_def, Inf_set_def,
  4265 Sup_set_def, le_def, less_def, option_map_def now with object
  4266 equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4267 
  4268 * Records. Removed K_record, and replaced it by pure lambda term
  4269 %x. c. The simplifier setup is now more robust against eta expansion.
  4270 INCOMPATIBILITY: in cases explicitly referring to K_record.
  4271 
  4272 * Library/Multiset: {#a, b, c#} abbreviates {#a#} + {#b#} + {#c#}.
  4273 
  4274 * Library/ListVector: new theory of arithmetic vector operations.
  4275 
  4276 * Library/Order_Relation: new theory of various orderings as sets of
  4277 pairs.  Defines preorders, partial orders, linear orders and
  4278 well-orders on sets and on types.
  4279 
  4280 
  4281 *** ZF ***
  4282 
  4283 * Renamed some theories to allow to loading both ZF and HOL in the
  4284 same session:
  4285 
  4286   Datatype  -> Datatype_ZF
  4287   Inductive -> Inductive_ZF
  4288   Int       -> Int_ZF
  4289   IntDiv    -> IntDiv_ZF
  4290   Nat       -> Nat_ZF
  4291   List      -> List_ZF
  4292   Main      -> Main_ZF
  4293 
  4294 INCOMPATIBILITY: ZF theories that import individual theories below
  4295 Main might need to be adapted.  Regular theory Main is still
  4296 available, as trivial extension of Main_ZF.
  4297 
  4298 
  4299 *** ML ***
  4300 
  4301 * ML within Isar: antiquotation @{const name} or @{const
  4302 name(typargs)} produces statically-checked Const term.
  4303 
  4304 * Functor NamedThmsFun: data is available to the user as dynamic fact
  4305 (of the same name).  Removed obsolete print command.
  4306 
  4307 * Removed obsolete "use_legacy_bindings" function.
  4308 
  4309 * The ``print mode'' is now a thread-local value derived from a global
  4310 template (the former print_mode reference), thus access becomes
  4311 non-critical.  The global print_mode reference is for session
  4312 management only; user-code should use print_mode_value,
  4313 print_mode_active, PrintMode.setmp etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4314 
  4315 * Functions system/system_out provide a robust way to invoke external
  4316 shell commands, with propagation of interrupts (requires Poly/ML
  4317 5.2.1).  Do not use OS.Process.system etc. from the basis library!
  4318 
  4319 
  4320 *** System ***
  4321 
  4322 * Default settings: PROOFGENERAL_OPTIONS no longer impose xemacs ---
  4323 in accordance with Proof General 3.7, which prefers GNU emacs.
  4324 
  4325 * isatool tty runs Isabelle process with plain tty interaction;
  4326 optional line editor may be specified via ISABELLE_LINE_EDITOR
  4327 setting, the default settings attempt to locate "ledit" and "rlwrap".
  4328 
  4329 * isatool browser now works with Cygwin as well, using general
  4330 "javapath" function defined in Isabelle process environment.
  4331 
  4332 * YXML notation provides a simple and efficient alternative to
  4333 standard XML transfer syntax.  See src/Pure/General/yxml.ML and
  4334 isatool yxml as described in the Isabelle system manual.
  4335 
  4336 * JVM class isabelle.IsabelleProcess (located in Isabelle/lib/classes)
  4337 provides general wrapper for managing an Isabelle process in a robust
  4338 fashion, with ``cooked'' output from stdin/stderr.
  4339 
  4340 * Rudimentary Isabelle plugin for jEdit (see Isabelle/lib/jedit),
  4341 based on Isabelle/JVM process wrapper (see Isabelle/lib/classes).
  4342 
  4343 * Removed obsolete THIS_IS_ISABELLE_BUILD feature.  NB: the documented
  4344 way of changing the user's settings is via
  4345 ISABELLE_HOME_USER/etc/settings, which is a fully featured bash
  4346 script.
  4347 
  4348 * Multithreading.max_threads := 0 refers to the number of actual CPU
  4349 cores of the underlying machine, which is a good starting point for
  4350 optimal performance tuning.  The corresponding usedir option -M allows
  4351 "max" as an alias for "0".  WARNING: does not work on certain versions
  4352 of Mac OS (with Poly/ML 5.1).
  4353 
  4354 * isabelle-process: non-ML sessions are run with "nice", to reduce the
  4355 adverse effect of Isabelle flooding interactive front-ends (notably
  4356 ProofGeneral / XEmacs).
  4357 
  4358 
  4359 
  4360 New in Isabelle2007 (November 2007)
  4361 -----------------------------------
  4362 
  4363 *** General ***
  4364 
  4365 * More uniform information about legacy features, notably a
  4366 warning/error of "Legacy feature: ...", depending on the state of the
  4367 tolerate_legacy_features flag (default true). FUTURE INCOMPATIBILITY:
  4368 legacy features will disappear eventually.
  4369 
  4370 * Theory syntax: the header format ``theory A = B + C:'' has been
  4371 discontinued in favour of ``theory A imports B C begin''.  Use isatool
  4372 fixheaders to convert existing theory files.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4373 
  4374 * Theory syntax: the old non-Isar theory file format has been
  4375 discontinued altogether.  Note that ML proof scripts may still be used
  4376 with Isar theories; migration is usually quite simple with the ML
  4377 function use_legacy_bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4378 
  4379 * Theory syntax: some popular names (e.g. 'class', 'declaration',
  4380 'fun', 'help', 'if') are now keywords.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use double
  4381 quotes.
  4382 
  4383 * Theory loader: be more serious about observing the static theory
  4384 header specifications (including optional directories), but not the
  4385 accidental file locations of previously successful loads.  The strict
  4386 update policy of former update_thy is now already performed by
  4387 use_thy, so the former has been removed; use_thys updates several
  4388 theories simultaneously, just as 'imports' within a theory header
  4389 specification, but without merging the results.  Potential
  4390 INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to refine theory headers and commands
  4391 ROOT.ML which depend on load order.
  4392 
  4393 * Theory loader: optional support for content-based file
  4394 identification, instead of the traditional scheme of full physical
  4395 path plus date stamp; configured by the ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT setting
  4396 (cf. the system manual).  The new scheme allows to work with
  4397 non-finished theories in persistent session images, such that source
  4398 files may be moved later on without requiring reloads.
  4399 
  4400 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  4401 file (with the same base name as the theory) are considered a legacy
  4402 feature, which will disappear eventually. Even now, the theory loader
  4403 no longer maintains dependencies on such files.
  4404 
  4405 * Syntax: the scope for resolving ambiguities via type-inference is
  4406 now limited to individual terms, instead of whole simultaneous
  4407 specifications as before. This greatly reduces the complexity of the
  4408 syntax module and improves flexibility by separating parsing and
  4409 type-checking. INCOMPATIBILITY: additional type-constraints (explicit
  4410 'fixes' etc.) are required in rare situations.
  4411 
  4412 * Syntax: constants introduced by new-style packages ('definition',
  4413 'abbreviation' etc.) are passed through the syntax module in
  4414 ``authentic mode''. This means that associated mixfix annotations
  4415 really stick to such constants, independently of potential name space
  4416 ambiguities introduced later on. INCOMPATIBILITY: constants in parse
  4417 trees are represented slightly differently, may need to adapt syntax
  4418 translations accordingly. Use CONST marker in 'translations' and
  4419 @{const_syntax} antiquotation in 'parse_translation' etc.
  4420 
  4421 * Legacy goal package: reduced interface to the bare minimum required
  4422 to keep existing proof scripts running.  Most other user-level
  4423 functions are now part of the OldGoals structure, which is *not* open
  4424 by default (consider isatool expandshort before open OldGoals).
  4425 Removed top_sg, prin, printyp, pprint_term/typ altogether, because
  4426 these tend to cause confusion about the actual goal (!) context being
  4427 used here, which is not necessarily the same as the_context().
  4428 
  4429 * Command 'find_theorems': supports "*" wild-card in "name:"
  4430 criterion; "with_dups" option.  Certain ProofGeneral versions might
  4431 support a specific search form (see ProofGeneral/CHANGES).
  4432 
  4433 * The ``prems limit'' option (cf. ProofContext.prems_limit) is now -1
  4434 by default, which means that "prems" (and also "fixed variables") are
  4435 suppressed from proof state output.  Note that the ProofGeneral
  4436 settings mechanism allows to change and save options persistently, but
  4437 older versions of Isabelle will fail to start up if a negative prems
  4438 limit is imposed.
  4439 
  4440 * Local theory targets may be specified by non-nested blocks of
  4441 ``context/locale/class ... begin'' followed by ``end''.  The body may
  4442 contain definitions, theorems etc., including any derived mechanism
  4443 that has been implemented on top of these primitives.  This concept
  4444 generalizes the existing ``theorem (in ...)'' towards more versatility
  4445 and scalability.
  4446 
  4447 * Proof General interface: proper undo of final 'end' command;
  4448 discontinued Isabelle/classic mode (ML proof scripts).
  4449 
  4450 
  4451 *** Document preparation ***
  4452 
  4453 * Added antiquotation @{theory name} which prints the given name,
  4454 after checking that it refers to a valid ancestor theory in the
  4455 current context.
  4456 
  4457 * Added antiquotations @{ML_type text} and @{ML_struct text} which
  4458 check the given source text as ML type/structure, printing verbatim.
  4459 
  4460 * Added antiquotation @{abbrev "c args"} which prints the abbreviation
  4461 "c args == rhs" given in the current context.  (Any number of
  4462 arguments may be given on the LHS.)
  4463 
  4464 
  4465 *** Pure ***
  4466 
  4467 * The 'class' package offers a combination of axclass and locale to
  4468 achieve Haskell-like type classes in Isabelle.  Definitions and
  4469 theorems within a class context produce both relative results (with
  4470 implicit parameters according to the locale context), and polymorphic
  4471 constants with qualified polymorphism (according to the class
  4472 context).  Within the body context of a 'class' target, a separate
  4473 syntax layer ("user space type system") takes care of converting
  4474 between global polymorphic consts and internal locale representation.
  4475 See src/HOL/ex/Classpackage.thy for examples (as well as main HOL).
  4476 "isatool doc classes" provides a tutorial.
  4477 
  4478 * Generic code generator framework allows to generate executable
  4479 code for ML and Haskell (including Isabelle classes).  A short usage
  4480 sketch:
  4481 
  4482     internal compilation:
  4483         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML
  4484     writing SML code to a file:
  4485         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML <filename>
  4486     writing OCaml code to a file:
  4487         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in OCaml <filename>
  4488     writing Haskell code to a bunch of files:
  4489         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in Haskell <filename>
  4490 
  4491     evaluating closed propositions to True/False using code generation:
  4492         method ``eval''
  4493 
  4494 Reasonable default setup of framework in HOL.
  4495 
  4496 Theorem attributs for selecting and transforming function equations theorems:
  4497 
  4498     [code fun]:        select a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4499     [code fun del]:    deselect a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4500     [code inline]:     select an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4501     [code inline del]: deselect an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4502 
  4503 User-defined serializations (target in {SML, OCaml, Haskell}):
  4504 
  4505     code_const <and-list of constants (term syntax)>
  4506       {(target) <and-list of const target syntax>}+
  4507 
  4508     code_type <and-list of type constructors>
  4509       {(target) <and-list of type target syntax>}+
  4510 
  4511     code_instance <and-list of instances>
  4512       {(target)}+
  4513         where instance ::= <type constructor> :: <class>
  4514 
  4515     code_class <and_list of classes>
  4516       {(target) <and-list of class target syntax>}+
  4517         where class target syntax ::= <class name> {where {<classop> == <target syntax>}+}?
  4518 
  4519 code_instance and code_class only are effective to target Haskell.
  4520 
  4521 For example usage see src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator.thy and
  4522 src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator_Pretty.thy.  A separate tutorial on code
  4523 generation from Isabelle/HOL theories is available via "isatool doc
  4524 codegen".
  4525 
  4526 * Code generator: consts in 'consts_code' Isar commands are now
  4527 referred to by usual term syntax (including optional type
  4528 annotations).
  4529 
  4530 * Command 'no_translations' removes translation rules from theory
  4531 syntax.
  4532 
  4533 * Overloaded definitions are now actually checked for acyclic
  4534 dependencies.  The overloading scheme is slightly more general than
  4535 that of Haskell98, although Isabelle does not demand an exact
  4536 correspondence to type class and instance declarations.
  4537 INCOMPATIBILITY, use ``defs (unchecked overloaded)'' to admit more
  4538 exotic versions of overloading -- at the discretion of the user!
  4539 
  4540 Polymorphic constants are represented via type arguments, i.e. the
  4541 instantiation that matches an instance against the most general
  4542 declaration given in the signature.  For example, with the declaration
  4543 c :: 'a => 'a => 'a, an instance c :: nat => nat => nat is represented
  4544 as c(nat).  Overloading is essentially simultaneous structural
  4545 recursion over such type arguments.  Incomplete specification patterns
  4546 impose global constraints on all occurrences, e.g. c('a * 'a) on the
  4547 LHS means that more general c('a * 'b) will be disallowed on any RHS.
  4548 Command 'print_theory' outputs the normalized system of recursive
  4549 equations, see section "definitions".
  4550 
  4551 * Configuration options are maintained within the theory or proof
  4552 context (with name and type bool/int/string), providing a very simple
  4553 interface to a poor-man's version of general context data.  Tools may
  4554 declare options in ML (e.g. using Attrib.config_int) and then refer to
  4555 these values using Config.get etc.  Users may change options via an
  4556 associated attribute of the same name.  This form of context
  4557 declaration works particularly well with commands 'declare' or
  4558 'using', for example ``declare [[foo = 42]]''.  Thus it has become
  4559 very easy to avoid global references, which would not observe Isar
  4560 toplevel undo/redo and fail to work with multithreading.
  4561 
  4562 Various global ML references of Pure and HOL have been turned into
  4563 configuration options:
  4564 
  4565   Unify.search_bound		unify_search_bound
  4566   Unify.trace_bound		unify_trace_bound
  4567   Unify.trace_simp		unify_trace_simp
  4568   Unify.trace_types		unify_trace_types
  4569   Simplifier.simp_depth_limit	simp_depth_limit
  4570   Blast.depth_limit		blast_depth_limit
  4571   DatatypeProp.dtK		datatype_distinctness_limit
  4572   fast_arith_neq_limit  	fast_arith_neq_limit
  4573   fast_arith_split_limit	fast_arith_split_limit
  4574 
  4575 * Named collections of theorems may be easily installed as context
  4576 data using the functor NamedThmsFun (see also
  4577 src/Pure/Tools/named_thms.ML).  The user may add or delete facts via
  4578 attributes; there is also a toplevel print command.  This facility is
  4579 just a common case of general context data, which is the preferred way
  4580 for anything more complex than just a list of facts in canonical
  4581 order.
  4582 
  4583 * Isar: command 'declaration' augments a local theory by generic
  4584 declaration functions written in ML.  This enables arbitrary content
  4585 being added to the context, depending on a morphism that tells the
  4586 difference of the original declaration context wrt. the application
  4587 context encountered later on.
  4588 
  4589 * Isar: proper interfaces for simplification procedures.  Command
  4590 'simproc_setup' declares named simprocs (with match patterns, and body
  4591 text in ML).  Attribute "simproc" adds/deletes simprocs in the current
  4592 context.  ML antiquotation @{simproc name} retrieves named simprocs.
  4593 
  4594 * Isar: an extra pair of brackets around attribute declarations
  4595 abbreviates a theorem reference involving an internal dummy fact,
  4596 which will be ignored later --- only the effect of the attribute on
  4597 the background context will persist.  This form of in-place
  4598 declarations is particularly useful with commands like 'declare' and
  4599 'using', for example ``have A using [[simproc a]] by simp''.
  4600 
  4601 * Isar: method "assumption" (and implicit closing of subproofs) now
  4602 takes simple non-atomic goal assumptions into account: after applying
  4603 an assumption as a rule the resulting subgoals are solved by atomic
  4604 assumption steps.  This is particularly useful to finish 'obtain'
  4605 goals, such as "!!x. (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> P x ==> thesis",
  4606 without referring to the original premise "!!x. P x ==> thesis" in the
  4607 Isar proof context.  POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY: method "assumption" is
  4608 more permissive.
  4609 
  4610 * Isar: implicit use of prems from the Isar proof context is
  4611 considered a legacy feature.  Common applications like ``have A .''
  4612 may be replaced by ``have A by fact'' or ``note `A`''.  In general,
  4613 referencing facts explicitly here improves readability and
  4614 maintainability of proof texts.
  4615 
  4616 * Isar: improper proof element 'guess' is like 'obtain', but derives
  4617 the obtained context from the course of reasoning!  For example:
  4618 
  4619   assume "EX x y. A x & B y"   -- "any previous fact"
  4620   then guess x and y by clarify
  4621 
  4622 This technique is potentially adventurous, depending on the facts and
  4623 proof tools being involved here.
  4624 
  4625 * Isar: known facts from the proof context may be specified as literal
  4626 propositions, using ASCII back-quote syntax.  This works wherever
  4627 named facts used to be allowed so far, in proof commands, proof
  4628 methods, attributes etc.  Literal facts are retrieved from the context
  4629 according to unification of type and term parameters.  For example,
  4630 provided that "A" and "A ==> B" and "!!x. P x ==> Q x" are known
  4631 theorems in the current context, then these are valid literal facts:
  4632 `A` and `A ==> B` and `!!x. P x ==> Q x" as well as `P a ==> Q a` etc.
  4633 
  4634 There is also a proof method "fact" which does the same composition
  4635 for explicit goal states, e.g. the following proof texts coincide with
  4636 certain special cases of literal facts:
  4637 
  4638   have "A" by fact                 ==  note `A`
  4639   have "A ==> B" by fact           ==  note `A ==> B`
  4640   have "!!x. P x ==> Q x" by fact  ==  note `!!x. P x ==> Q x`
  4641   have "P a ==> Q a" by fact       ==  note `P a ==> Q a`
  4642 
  4643 * Isar: ":" (colon) is no longer a symbolic identifier character in
  4644 outer syntax.  Thus symbolic identifiers may be used without
  4645 additional white space in declarations like this: ``assume *: A''.
  4646 
  4647 * Isar: 'print_facts' prints all local facts of the current context,
  4648 both named and unnamed ones.
  4649 
  4650 * Isar: 'def' now admits simultaneous definitions, e.g.:
  4651 
  4652   def x == "t" and y == "u"
  4653 
  4654 * Isar: added command 'unfolding', which is structurally similar to
  4655 'using', but affects both the goal state and facts by unfolding given
  4656 rewrite rules.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
  4657 'unfolded' attribute may be replaced by first-class proof text.
  4658 
  4659 * Isar: methods 'unfold' / 'fold', attributes 'unfolded' / 'folded',
  4660 and command 'unfolding' now all support object-level equalities
  4661 (potentially conditional).  The underlying notion of rewrite rule is
  4662 analogous to the 'rule_format' attribute, but *not* that of the
  4663 Simplifier (which is usually more generous).
  4664 
  4665 * Isar: the new attribute [rotated n] (default n = 1) rotates the
  4666 premises of a theorem by n. Useful in conjunction with drule.
  4667 
  4668 * Isar: the goal restriction operator [N] (default N = 1) evaluates a
  4669 method expression within a sandbox consisting of the first N
  4670 sub-goals, which need to exist.  For example, ``simp_all [3]''
  4671 simplifies the first three sub-goals, while (rule foo, simp_all)[]
  4672 simplifies all new goals that emerge from applying rule foo to the
  4673 originally first one.
  4674 
  4675 * Isar: schematic goals are no longer restricted to higher-order
  4676 patterns; e.g. ``lemma "?P(?x)" by (rule TrueI)'' now works as
  4677 expected.
  4678 
  4679 * Isar: the conclusion of a long theorem statement is now either
  4680 'shows' (a simultaneous conjunction, as before), or 'obtains'
  4681 (essentially a disjunction of cases with local parameters and
  4682 assumptions).  The latter allows to express general elimination rules
  4683 adequately; in this notation common elimination rules look like this:
  4684 
  4685   lemma exE:    -- "EX x. P x ==> (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4686     assumes "EX x. P x"
  4687     obtains x where "P x"
  4688 
  4689   lemma conjE:  -- "A & B ==> (A ==> B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4690     assumes "A & B"
  4691     obtains A and B
  4692 
  4693   lemma disjE:  -- "A | B ==> (A ==> thesis) ==> (B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4694     assumes "A | B"
  4695     obtains
  4696       A
  4697     | B
  4698 
  4699 The subsequent classical rules even refer to the formal "thesis"
  4700 explicitly:
  4701 
  4702   lemma classical:     -- "(~ thesis ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4703     obtains "~ thesis"
  4704 
  4705   lemma Peirce's_Law:  -- "((thesis ==> something) ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4706     obtains "thesis ==> something"
  4707 
  4708 The actual proof of an 'obtains' statement is analogous to that of the
  4709 Isar proof element 'obtain', only that there may be several cases.
  4710 Optional case names may be specified in parentheses; these will be
  4711 available both in the present proof and as annotations in the
  4712 resulting rule, for later use with the 'cases' method (cf. attribute
  4713 case_names).
  4714 
  4715 * Isar: the assumptions of a long theorem statement are available as
  4716 "assms" fact in the proof context.  This is more appropriate than the
  4717 (historical) "prems", which refers to all assumptions of the current
  4718 context, including those from the target locale, proof body etc.
  4719 
  4720 * Isar: 'print_statement' prints theorems from the current theory or
  4721 proof context in long statement form, according to the syntax of a
  4722 top-level lemma.
  4723 
  4724 * Isar: 'obtain' takes an optional case name for the local context
  4725 introduction rule (default "that").
  4726 
  4727 * Isar: removed obsolete 'concl is' patterns.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  4728 explicit (is "_ ==> ?foo") in the rare cases where this still happens
  4729 to occur.
  4730 
  4731 * Pure: syntax "CONST name" produces a fully internalized constant
  4732 according to the current context.  This is particularly useful for
  4733 syntax translations that should refer to internal constant
  4734 representations independently of name spaces.
  4735 
  4736 * Pure: syntax constant for foo (binder "FOO ") is called "foo_binder"
  4737 instead of "FOO ". This allows multiple binder declarations to coexist
  4738 in the same context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4739 
  4740 * Isar/locales: 'notation' provides a robust interface to the 'syntax'
  4741 primitive that also works in a locale context (both for constants and
  4742 fixed variables). Type declaration and internal syntactic representation
  4743 of given constants retrieved from the context. Likewise, the
  4744 'no_notation' command allows to remove given syntax annotations from the
  4745 current context.
  4746 
  4747 * Isar/locales: new derived specification elements 'axiomatization',
  4748 'definition', 'abbreviation', which support type-inference, admit
  4749 object-level specifications (equality, equivalence).  See also the
  4750 isar-ref manual.  Examples:
  4751 
  4752   axiomatization
  4753     eq  (infix "===" 50) where
  4754     eq_refl: "x === x" and eq_subst: "x === y ==> P x ==> P y"
  4755 
  4756   definition "f x y = x + y + 1"
  4757   definition g where "g x = f x x"
  4758 
  4759   abbreviation
  4760     neq  (infix "=!=" 50) where
  4761     "x =!= y == ~ (x === y)"
  4762 
  4763 These specifications may be also used in a locale context.  Then the
  4764 constants being introduced depend on certain fixed parameters, and the
  4765 constant name is qualified by the locale base name.  An internal
  4766 abbreviation takes care for convenient input and output, making the
  4767 parameters implicit and using the original short name.  See also
  4768 src/HOL/ex/Abstract_NAT.thy for an example of deriving polymorphic
  4769 entities from a monomorphic theory.
  4770 
  4771 Presently, abbreviations are only available 'in' a target locale, but
  4772 not inherited by general import expressions.  Also note that
  4773 'abbreviation' may be used as a type-safe replacement for 'syntax' +
  4774 'translations' in common applications.  The "no_abbrevs" print mode
  4775 prevents folding of abbreviations in term output.
  4776 
  4777 Concrete syntax is attached to specified constants in internal form,
  4778 independently of name spaces.  The parse tree representation is
  4779 slightly different -- use 'notation' instead of raw 'syntax', and
  4780 'translations' with explicit "CONST" markup to accommodate this.
  4781 
  4782 * Pure/Isar: unified syntax for new-style specification mechanisms
  4783 (e.g.  'definition', 'abbreviation', or 'inductive' in HOL) admits
  4784 full type inference and dummy patterns ("_").  For example:
  4785 
  4786   definition "K x _ = x"
  4787 
  4788   inductive conj for A B
  4789   where "A ==> B ==> conj A B"
  4790 
  4791 * Pure: command 'print_abbrevs' prints all constant abbreviations of
  4792 the current context.  Print mode "no_abbrevs" prevents inversion of
  4793 abbreviations on output.
  4794 
  4795 * Isar/locales: improved parameter handling: use of locales "var" and
  4796 "struct" no longer necessary; - parameter renamings are no longer
  4797 required to be injective.  For example, this allows to define
  4798 endomorphisms as locale endom = homom mult mult h.
  4799 
  4800 * Isar/locales: changed the way locales with predicates are defined.
  4801 Instead of accumulating the specification, the imported expression is
  4802 now an interpretation.  INCOMPATIBILITY: different normal form of
  4803 locale expressions.  In particular, in interpretations of locales with
  4804 predicates, goals repesenting already interpreted fragments are not
  4805 removed automatically.  Use methods `intro_locales' and
  4806 `unfold_locales'; see below.
  4807 
  4808 * Isar/locales: new methods `intro_locales' and `unfold_locales'
  4809 provide backward reasoning on locales predicates.  The methods are
  4810 aware of interpretations and discharge corresponding goals.
  4811 `intro_locales' is less aggressive then `unfold_locales' and does not
  4812 unfold predicates to assumptions.
  4813 
  4814 * Isar/locales: the order in which locale fragments are accumulated
  4815 has changed.  This enables to override declarations from fragments due
  4816 to interpretations -- for example, unwanted simp rules.
  4817 
  4818 * Isar/locales: interpretation in theories and proof contexts has been
  4819 extended.  One may now specify (and prove) equations, which are
  4820 unfolded in interpreted theorems.  This is useful for replacing
  4821 defined concepts (constants depending on locale parameters) by
  4822 concepts already existing in the target context.  Example:
  4823 
  4824   interpretation partial_order ["op <= :: [int, int] => bool"]
  4825     where "partial_order.less (op <=) (x::int) y = (x < y)"
  4826 
  4827 Typically, the constant `partial_order.less' is created by a
  4828 definition specification element in the context of locale
  4829 partial_order.
  4830 
  4831 * Method "induct": improved internal context management to support
  4832 local fixes and defines on-the-fly. Thus explicit meta-level
  4833 connectives !!  and ==> are rarely required anymore in inductive goals
  4834 (using object-logic connectives for this purpose has been long
  4835 obsolete anyway). Common proof patterns are explained in
  4836 src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, see also
  4837 src/HOL/Isar_examples/Puzzle.thy and src/HOL/Lambda for realistic
  4838 examples.
  4839 
  4840 * Method "induct": improved handling of simultaneous goals. Instead of
  4841 introducing object-level conjunction, the statement is now split into
  4842 several conclusions, while the corresponding symbolic cases are nested
  4843 accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY, proofs need to be structured explicitly,
  4844 see src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, for example.
  4845 
  4846 * Method "induct": mutual induction rules are now specified as a list
  4847 of rule sharing the same induction cases. HOL packages usually provide
  4848 foo_bar.inducts for mutually defined items foo and bar (e.g. inductive
  4849 predicates/sets or datatypes). INCOMPATIBILITY, users need to specify
  4850 mutual induction rules differently, i.e. like this:
  4851 
  4852   (induct rule: foo_bar.inducts)
  4853   (induct set: foo bar)
  4854   (induct pred: foo bar)
  4855   (induct type: foo bar)
  4856 
  4857 The ML function ProjectRule.projections turns old-style rules into the
  4858 new format.
  4859 
  4860 * Method "coinduct": dual of induction, see
  4861 src/HOL/Library/Coinductive_List.thy for various examples.
  4862 
  4863 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": the ``(open)'' option is
  4864 considered a legacy feature.
  4865 
  4866 * Attribute "symmetric" produces result with standardized schematic
  4867 variables (index 0).  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4868 
  4869 * Simplifier: by default the simplifier trace only shows top level
  4870 rewrites now. That is, trace_simp_depth_limit is set to 1 by
  4871 default. Thus there is less danger of being flooded by the trace. The
  4872 trace indicates where parts have been suppressed.
  4873   
  4874 * Provers/classical: removed obsolete classical version of elim_format
  4875 attribute; classical elim/dest rules are now treated uniformly when
  4876 manipulating the claset.
  4877 
  4878 * Provers/classical: stricter checks to ensure that supplied intro,
  4879 dest and elim rules are well-formed; dest and elim rules must have at
  4880 least one premise.
  4881 
  4882 * Provers/classical: attributes dest/elim/intro take an optional
  4883 weight argument for the rule (just as the Pure versions).  Weights are
  4884 ignored by automated tools, but determine the search order of single
  4885 rule steps.
  4886 
  4887 * Syntax: input syntax now supports dummy variable binding "%_. b",
  4888 where the body does not mention the bound variable.  Note that dummy
  4889 patterns implicitly depend on their context of bounds, which makes
  4890 "{_. _}" match any set comprehension as expected.  Potential
  4891 INCOMPATIBILITY -- parse translations need to cope with syntactic
  4892 constant "_idtdummy" in the binding position.
  4893 
  4894 * Syntax: removed obsolete syntactic constant "_K" and its associated
  4895 parse translation.  INCOMPATIBILITY -- use dummy abstraction instead,
  4896 for example "A -> B" => "Pi A (%_. B)".
  4897 
  4898 * Pure: 'class_deps' command visualizes the subclass relation, using
  4899 the graph browser tool.
  4900 
  4901 * Pure: 'print_theory' now suppresses certain internal declarations by
  4902 default; use '!' option for full details.
  4903 
  4904 
  4905 *** HOL ***
  4906 
  4907 * Method "metis" proves goals by applying the Metis general-purpose
  4908 resolution prover (see also http://gilith.com/software/metis/).
  4909 Examples are in the directory MetisExamples.  WARNING: the
  4910 Isabelle/HOL-Metis integration does not yet work properly with
  4911 multi-threading.
  4912   
  4913 * Command 'sledgehammer' invokes external automatic theorem provers as
  4914 background processes.  It generates calls to the "metis" method if
  4915 successful. These can be pasted into the proof.  Users do not have to
  4916 wait for the automatic provers to return.  WARNING: does not really
  4917 work with multi-threading.
  4918 
  4919 * New "auto_quickcheck" feature tests outermost goal statements for
  4920 potential counter-examples.  Controlled by ML references
  4921 auto_quickcheck (default true) and auto_quickcheck_time_limit (default
  4922 5000 milliseconds).  Fails silently if statements is outside of
  4923 executable fragment, or any other codgenerator problem occurs.
  4924 
  4925 * New constant "undefined" with axiom "undefined x = undefined".
  4926 
  4927 * Added class "HOL.eq", allowing for code generation with polymorphic
  4928 equality.
  4929 
  4930 * Some renaming of class constants due to canonical name prefixing in
  4931 the new 'class' package:
  4932 
  4933     HOL.abs ~> HOL.abs_class.abs
  4934     HOL.divide ~> HOL.divide_class.divide
  4935     0 ~> HOL.zero_class.zero
  4936     1 ~> HOL.one_class.one
  4937     op + ~> HOL.plus_class.plus
  4938     op - ~> HOL.minus_class.minus
  4939     uminus ~> HOL.minus_class.uminus
  4940     op * ~> HOL.times_class.times
  4941     op < ~> HOL.ord_class.less
  4942     op <= > HOL.ord_class.less_eq
  4943     Nat.power ~> Power.power_class.power
  4944     Nat.size ~> Nat.size_class.size
  4945     Numeral.number_of ~> Numeral.number_class.number_of
  4946     FixedPoint.Inf ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Inf
  4947     FixedPoint.Sup ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Sup
  4948     Orderings.min ~> Orderings.ord_class.min
  4949     Orderings.max ~> Orderings.ord_class.max
  4950     Divides.op div ~> Divides.div_class.div
  4951     Divides.op mod ~> Divides.div_class.mod
  4952     Divides.op dvd ~> Divides.div_class.dvd
  4953 
  4954 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Adaptions may be required in the following cases:
  4955 
  4956 a) User-defined constants using any of the names "plus", "minus",
  4957 "times", "less" or "less_eq". The standard syntax translations for
  4958 "+", "-" and "*" may go wrong.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific
  4959 names.
  4960 
  4961 b) Variables named "plus", "minus", "times", "less", "less_eq"
  4962 INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific names.
  4963 
  4964 c) Permutative equations (e.g. "a + b = b + a")
  4965 Since the change of names also changes the order of terms, permutative
  4966 rewrite rules may get applied in a different order. Experience shows
  4967 that this is rarely the case (only two adaptions in the whole Isabelle
  4968 distribution).  INCOMPATIBILITY: rewrite proofs
  4969 
  4970 d) ML code directly refering to constant names
  4971 This in general only affects hand-written proof tactics, simprocs and
  4972 so on.  INCOMPATIBILITY: grep your sourcecode and replace names.
  4973 Consider using @{const_name} antiquotation.
  4974 
  4975 * New class "default" with associated constant "default".
  4976 
  4977 * Function "sgn" is now overloaded and available on int, real, complex
  4978 (and other numeric types), using class "sgn".  Two possible defs of
  4979 sgn are given as equational assumptions in the classes sgn_if and
  4980 sgn_div_norm; ordered_idom now also inherits from sgn_if.
  4981 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4982 
  4983 * Locale "partial_order" now unified with class "order" (cf. theory
  4984 Orderings), added parameter "less".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4985 
  4986 * Renamings in classes "order" and "linorder": facts "refl", "trans" and
  4987 "cases" to "order_refl", "order_trans" and "linorder_cases", to avoid
  4988 clashes with HOL "refl" and "trans".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4989 
  4990 * Classes "order" and "linorder": potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to
  4991 changed order of proof goals in instance proofs.
  4992 
  4993 * The transitivity reasoner for partial and linear orders is set up
  4994 for classes "order" and "linorder".  Instances of the reasoner are available
  4995 in all contexts importing or interpreting the corresponding locales.
  4996 Method "order" invokes the reasoner separately; the reasoner
  4997 is also integrated with the Simplifier as a solver.  Diagnostic
  4998 command 'print_orders' shows the available instances of the reasoner
  4999 in the current context.
  5000 
  5001 * Localized monotonicity predicate in theory "Orderings"; integrated
  5002 lemmas max_of_mono and min_of_mono with this predicate.
  5003 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5004 
  5005 * Formulation of theorem "dense" changed slightly due to integration
  5006 with new class dense_linear_order.
  5007 
  5008 * Uniform lattice theory development in HOL.
  5009 
  5010     constants "meet" and "join" now named "inf" and "sup"
  5011     constant "Meet" now named "Inf"
  5012 
  5013     classes "meet_semilorder" and "join_semilorder" now named
  5014       "lower_semilattice" and "upper_semilattice"
  5015     class "lorder" now named "lattice"
  5016     class "comp_lat" now named "complete_lattice"
  5017 
  5018     Instantiation of lattice classes allows explicit definitions
  5019     for "inf" and "sup" operations (or "Inf" and "Sup" for complete lattices).
  5020 
  5021   INCOMPATIBILITY.  Theorem renames:
  5022 
  5023     meet_left_le            ~> inf_le1
  5024     meet_right_le           ~> inf_le2
  5025     join_left_le            ~> sup_ge1
  5026     join_right_le           ~> sup_ge2
  5027     meet_join_le            ~> inf_sup_ord
  5028     le_meetI                ~> le_infI
  5029     join_leI                ~> le_supI
  5030     le_meet                 ~> le_inf_iff
  5031     le_join                 ~> ge_sup_conv
  5032     meet_idempotent         ~> inf_idem
  5033     join_idempotent         ~> sup_idem
  5034     meet_comm               ~> inf_commute
  5035     join_comm               ~> sup_commute
  5036     meet_leI1               ~> le_infI1
  5037     meet_leI2               ~> le_infI2
  5038     le_joinI1               ~> le_supI1
  5039     le_joinI2               ~> le_supI2
  5040     meet_assoc              ~> inf_assoc
  5041     join_assoc              ~> sup_assoc
  5042     meet_left_comm          ~> inf_left_commute
  5043     meet_left_idempotent    ~> inf_left_idem
  5044     join_left_comm          ~> sup_left_commute
  5045     join_left_idempotent    ~> sup_left_idem
  5046     meet_aci                ~> inf_aci
  5047     join_aci                ~> sup_aci
  5048     le_def_meet             ~> le_iff_inf
  5049     le_def_join             ~> le_iff_sup
  5050     join_absorp2            ~> sup_absorb2
  5051     join_absorp1            ~> sup_absorb1
  5052     meet_absorp1            ~> inf_absorb1
  5053     meet_absorp2            ~> inf_absorb2
  5054     meet_join_absorp        ~> inf_sup_absorb
  5055     join_meet_absorp        ~> sup_inf_absorb
  5056     distrib_join_le         ~> distrib_sup_le
  5057     distrib_meet_le         ~> distrib_inf_le
  5058 
  5059     add_meet_distrib_left   ~> add_inf_distrib_left
  5060     add_join_distrib_left   ~> add_sup_distrib_left
  5061     is_join_neg_meet        ~> is_join_neg_inf
  5062     is_meet_neg_join        ~> is_meet_neg_sup
  5063     add_meet_distrib_right  ~> add_inf_distrib_right
  5064     add_join_distrib_right  ~> add_sup_distrib_right
  5065     add_meet_join_distribs  ~> add_sup_inf_distribs
  5066     join_eq_neg_meet        ~> sup_eq_neg_inf
  5067     meet_eq_neg_join        ~> inf_eq_neg_sup
  5068     add_eq_meet_join        ~> add_eq_inf_sup
  5069     meet_0_imp_0            ~> inf_0_imp_0
  5070     join_0_imp_0            ~> sup_0_imp_0
  5071     meet_0_eq_0             ~> inf_0_eq_0
  5072     join_0_eq_0             ~> sup_0_eq_0
  5073     neg_meet_eq_join        ~> neg_inf_eq_sup
  5074     neg_join_eq_meet        ~> neg_sup_eq_inf
  5075     join_eq_if              ~> sup_eq_if
  5076 
  5077     mono_meet               ~> mono_inf
  5078     mono_join               ~> mono_sup
  5079     meet_bool_eq            ~> inf_bool_eq
  5080     join_bool_eq            ~> sup_bool_eq
  5081     meet_fun_eq             ~> inf_fun_eq
  5082     join_fun_eq             ~> sup_fun_eq
  5083     meet_set_eq             ~> inf_set_eq
  5084     join_set_eq             ~> sup_set_eq
  5085     meet1_iff               ~> inf1_iff
  5086     meet2_iff               ~> inf2_iff
  5087     meet1I                  ~> inf1I
  5088     meet2I                  ~> inf2I
  5089     meet1D1                 ~> inf1D1
  5090     meet2D1                 ~> inf2D1
  5091     meet1D2                 ~> inf1D2
  5092     meet2D2                 ~> inf2D2
  5093     meet1E                  ~> inf1E
  5094     meet2E                  ~> inf2E
  5095     join1_iff               ~> sup1_iff
  5096     join2_iff               ~> sup2_iff
  5097     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  5098     join2I1                 ~> sup2I1
  5099     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  5100     join2I2                 ~> sup1I2
  5101     join1CI                 ~> sup1CI
  5102     join2CI                 ~> sup2CI
  5103     join1E                  ~> sup1E
  5104     join2E                  ~> sup2E
  5105 
  5106     is_meet_Meet            ~> is_meet_Inf
  5107     Meet_bool_def           ~> Inf_bool_def
  5108     Meet_fun_def            ~> Inf_fun_def
  5109     Meet_greatest           ~> Inf_greatest
  5110     Meet_lower              ~> Inf_lower
  5111     Meet_set_def            ~> Inf_set_def
  5112 
  5113     Sup_def                 ~> Sup_Inf
  5114     Sup_bool_eq             ~> Sup_bool_def
  5115     Sup_fun_eq              ~> Sup_fun_def
  5116     Sup_set_eq              ~> Sup_set_def
  5117 
  5118     listsp_meetI            ~> listsp_infI
  5119     listsp_meet_eq          ~> listsp_inf_eq
  5120 
  5121     meet_min                ~> inf_min
  5122     join_max                ~> sup_max
  5123 
  5124 * Added syntactic class "size"; overloaded constant "size" now has
  5125 type "'a::size ==> bool"
  5126 
  5127 * Internal reorganisation of `size' of datatypes: size theorems
  5128 "foo.size" are no longer subsumed by "foo.simps" (but are still
  5129 simplification rules by default!); theorems "prod.size" now named
  5130 "*.size".
  5131 
  5132 * Class "div" now inherits from class "times" rather than "type".
  5133 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5134 
  5135 * HOL/Finite_Set: "name-space" locales Lattice, Distrib_lattice,
  5136 Linorder etc.  have disappeared; operations defined in terms of
  5137 fold_set now are named Inf_fin, Sup_fin.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5138 
  5139 * HOL/Nat: neq0_conv no longer declared as iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5140 
  5141 * HOL-Word: New extensive library and type for generic, fixed size
  5142 machine words, with arithemtic, bit-wise, shifting and rotating
  5143 operations, reflection into int, nat, and bool lists, automation for
  5144 linear arithmetic (by automatic reflection into nat or int), including
  5145 lemmas on overflow and monotonicity.  Instantiated to all appropriate
  5146 arithmetic type classes, supporting automatic simplification of
  5147 numerals on all operations.
  5148 
  5149 * Library/Boolean_Algebra: locales for abstract boolean algebras.
  5150 
  5151 * Library/Numeral_Type: numbers as types, e.g. TYPE(32).
  5152 
  5153 * Code generator library theories:
  5154   - Code_Integer represents HOL integers by big integer literals in target
  5155     languages.
  5156   - Code_Char represents HOL characters by character literals in target
  5157     languages.
  5158   - Code_Char_chr like Code_Char, but also offers treatment of character
  5159     codes; includes Code_Integer.
  5160   - Executable_Set allows to generate code for finite sets using lists.
  5161   - Executable_Rat implements rational numbers as triples (sign, enumerator,
  5162     denominator).
  5163   - Executable_Real implements a subset of real numbers, namly those
  5164     representable by rational numbers.
  5165   - Efficient_Nat implements natural numbers by integers, which in general will
  5166     result in higher efficency; pattern matching with 0/Suc is eliminated;
  5167     includes Code_Integer.
  5168   - Code_Index provides an additional datatype index which is mapped to
  5169     target-language built-in integers.
  5170   - Code_Message provides an additional datatype message_string which is isomorphic to
  5171     strings; messages are mapped to target-language strings.
  5172 
  5173 * New package for inductive predicates
  5174 
  5175   An n-ary predicate p with m parameters z_1, ..., z_m can now be defined via
  5176 
  5177     inductive
  5178       p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5179       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5180     where
  5181       rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  5182     | ...
  5183 
  5184   with full support for type-inference, rather than
  5185 
  5186     consts s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5187 
  5188     abbreviation p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5189     where "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5190 
  5191     inductive "s z_1 ... z_m"
  5192     intros
  5193       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5194       ...
  5195 
  5196   For backward compatibility, there is a wrapper allowing inductive
  5197   sets to be defined with the new package via
  5198 
  5199     inductive_set
  5200       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5201       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5202     where
  5203       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5204     | ...
  5205 
  5206   or
  5207 
  5208     inductive_set
  5209       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5210       and p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5211       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5212     where
  5213       "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5214     | rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  5215     | ...
  5216 
  5217   if the additional syntax "p ..." is required.
  5218 
  5219   Numerous examples can be found in the subdirectories src/HOL/Auth,
  5220   src/HOL/Bali, src/HOL/Induct, and src/HOL/MicroJava.
  5221 
  5222   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  5223 
  5224   - Since declaration and definition of inductive sets or predicates
  5225     is no longer separated, abbreviations involving the newly
  5226     introduced sets or predicates must be specified together with the
  5227     introduction rules after the 'where' keyword (see above), rather
  5228     than before the actual inductive definition.
  5229 
  5230   - The variables in induction and elimination rules are now
  5231     quantified in the order of their occurrence in the introduction
  5232     rules, rather than in alphabetical order. Since this may break
  5233     some proofs, these proofs either have to be repaired, e.g. by
  5234     reordering the variables a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i} in Isar 'case'
  5235     statements of the form
  5236 
  5237       case (rule_i a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i})
  5238 
  5239     or the old order of quantification has to be restored by explicitly adding
  5240     meta-level quantifiers in the introduction rules, i.e.
  5241 
  5242       | rule_i: "!!a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i}. ... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_i_1 ... t_i_n"
  5243 
  5244   - The format of the elimination rules is now
  5245 
  5246       p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n ==>
  5247         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  5248         ==> ... ==> P
  5249 
  5250     for predicates and
  5251 
  5252       (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  5253         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  5254         ==> ... ==> P
  5255 
  5256     for sets rather than
  5257 
  5258       x : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  5259         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x = (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) ==> ... ==> P)
  5260         ==> ... ==> P
  5261 
  5262     This may require terms in goals to be expanded to n-tuples
  5263     (e.g. using case_tac or simplification with the split_paired_all
  5264     rule) before the above elimination rule is applicable.
  5265 
  5266   - The elimination or case analysis rules for (mutually) inductive
  5267     sets or predicates are now called "p_1.cases" ... "p_k.cases". The
  5268     list of rules "p_1_..._p_k.elims" is no longer available.
  5269 
  5270 * New package "function"/"fun" for general recursive functions,
  5271 supporting mutual and nested recursion, definitions in local contexts,
  5272 more general pattern matching and partiality. See HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy
  5273 for small examples, and the separate tutorial on the function
  5274 package. The old recdef "package" is still available as before, but
  5275 users are encouraged to use the new package.
  5276 
  5277 * Method "lexicographic_order" automatically synthesizes termination
  5278 relations as lexicographic combinations of size measures. 
  5279 
  5280 * Case-expressions allow arbitrary constructor-patterns (including
  5281 "_") and take their order into account, like in functional
  5282 programming.  Internally, this is translated into nested
  5283 case-expressions; missing cases are added and mapped to the predefined
  5284 constant "undefined". In complicated cases printing may no longer show
  5285 the original input but the internal form. Lambda-abstractions allow
  5286 the same form of pattern matching: "% pat1 => e1 | ..." is an
  5287 abbreviation for "%x. case x of pat1 => e1 | ..." where x is a new
  5288 variable.
  5289 
  5290 * IntDef: The constant "int :: nat => int" has been removed; now "int"
  5291 is an abbreviation for "of_nat :: nat => int". The simplification
  5292 rules for "of_nat" have been changed to work like "int" did
  5293 previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  5294   - "of_nat (Suc m)" simplifies to "1 + of_nat m" instead of "of_nat m + 1"
  5295   - of_nat_diff and of_nat_mult are no longer default simp rules
  5296 
  5297 * Method "algebra" solves polynomial equations over (semi)rings using
  5298 Groebner bases. The (semi)ring structure is defined by locales and the
  5299 tool setup depends on that generic context. Installing the method for
  5300 a specific type involves instantiating the locale and possibly adding
  5301 declarations for computation on the coefficients.  The method is
  5302 already instantiated for natural numbers and for the axiomatic class
  5303 of idoms with numerals.  See also the paper by Chaieb and Wenzel at
  5304 CALCULEMUS 2007 for the general principles underlying this
  5305 architecture of context-aware proof-tools.
  5306 
  5307 * Method "ferrack" implements quantifier elimination over
  5308 special-purpose dense linear orders using locales (analogous to
  5309 "algebra"). The method is already installed for class
  5310 {ordered_field,recpower,number_ring} which subsumes real, hyperreal,
  5311 rat, etc.
  5312 
  5313 * Former constant "List.op @" now named "List.append".  Use ML
  5314 antiquotations @{const_name List.append} or @{term " ... @ ... "} to
  5315 circumvent possible incompatibilities when working on ML level.
  5316 
  5317 * primrec: missing cases mapped to "undefined" instead of "arbitrary".
  5318 
  5319 * New function listsum :: 'a list => 'a for arbitrary monoids.
  5320 Special syntax: "SUM x <- xs. f x" (and latex variants)
  5321 
  5322 * New syntax for Haskell-like list comprehension (input only), eg.
  5323 [(x,y). x <- xs, y <- ys, x ~= y], see also src/HOL/List.thy.
  5324 
  5325 * The special syntax for function "filter" has changed from [x :
  5326 xs. P] to [x <- xs. P] to avoid an ambiguity caused by list
  5327 comprehension syntax, and for uniformity.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5328 
  5329 * [a..b] is now defined for arbitrary linear orders.  It used to be
  5330 defined on nat only, as an abbreviation for [a..<Suc b]
  5331 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5332 
  5333 * Renamed lemma "set_take_whileD"  to "set_takeWhileD".
  5334 
  5335 * New functions "sorted" and "sort" in src/HOL/List.thy.
  5336 
  5337 * New lemma collection field_simps (an extension of ring_simps) for
  5338 manipulating (in)equations involving division. Multiplies with all
  5339 denominators that can be proved to be non-zero (in equations) or
  5340 positive/negative (in inequations).
  5341 
  5342 * Lemma collections ring_eq_simps, group_eq_simps and ring_distrib
  5343 have been improved and renamed to ring_simps, group_simps and
  5344 ring_distribs.  Removed lemmas field_xyz in theory Ring_and_Field
  5345 because they were subsumed by lemmas xyz.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5346 
  5347 * Theory Library/Commutative_Ring: switched from recdef to function
  5348 package; constants add, mul, pow now curried.  Infix syntax for
  5349 algebraic operations.
  5350 
  5351 * Dropped redundant lemma def_imp_eq in favor of meta_eq_to_obj_eq.
  5352 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5353 
  5354 * Dropped redundant lemma if_def2 in favor of if_bool_eq_conj.
  5355 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5356 
  5357 * HOL/records: generalised field-update to take a function on the
  5358 field rather than the new value: r(|A := x|) is translated to A_update
  5359 (K x) r The K-combinator that is internally used is called K_record.
  5360 INCOMPATIBILITY: Usage of the plain update functions has to be
  5361 adapted.
  5362  
  5363 * Class "semiring_0" now contains annihilation axioms x * 0 = 0 and 0
  5364 * x = 0, which are required for a semiring.  Richer structures do not
  5365 inherit from semiring_0 anymore, because this property is a theorem
  5366 there, not an axiom.  INCOMPATIBILITY: In instances of semiring_0,
  5367 there is more to prove, but this is mostly trivial.
  5368 
  5369 * Class "recpower" is generalized to arbitrary monoids, not just
  5370 commutative semirings.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to incorporate
  5371 commutativity or semiring properties additionally.
  5372 
  5373 * Constant "List.list_all2" in List.thy now uses authentic syntax.
  5374 INCOMPATIBILITY: translations containing list_all2 may go wrong,
  5375 better use 'abbreviation'.
  5376 
  5377 * Renamed constant "List.op mem" to "List.member".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5378 
  5379 * Numeral syntax: type 'bin' which was a mere type copy of 'int' has
  5380 been abandoned in favour of plain 'int'.  INCOMPATIBILITY --
  5381 significant changes for setting up numeral syntax for types:
  5382   - New constants Numeral.pred and Numeral.succ instead
  5383       of former Numeral.bin_pred and Numeral.bin_succ.
  5384   - Use integer operations instead of bin_add, bin_mult and so on.
  5385   - Numeral simplification theorems named Numeral.numeral_simps instead of Bin_simps.
  5386   - ML structure Bin_Simprocs now named Int_Numeral_Base_Simprocs.
  5387 
  5388 See src/HOL/Integ/IntArith.thy for an example setup.
  5389 
  5390 * Command 'normal_form' computes the normal form of a term that may
  5391 contain free variables.  For example ``normal_form "rev [a, b, c]"''
  5392 produces ``[b, c, a]'' (without proof).  This command is suitable for
  5393 heavy-duty computations because the functions are compiled to ML
  5394 first.  Correspondingly, a method "normalization" is provided.  See
  5395 further src/HOL/ex/NormalForm.thy and src/Tools/nbe.ML.
  5396 
  5397 * Alternative iff syntax "A <-> B" for equality on bool (with priority
  5398 25 like -->); output depends on the "iff" print_mode, the default is
  5399 "A = B" (with priority 50).
  5400 
  5401 * Relations less (<) and less_eq (<=) are also available on type bool.
  5402 Modified syntax to disallow nesting without explicit parentheses,
  5403 e.g. "(x < y) < z" or "x < (y < z)", but NOT "x < y < z".  Potential
  5404 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5405 
  5406 * "LEAST x:A. P" expands to "LEAST x. x:A & P" (input only).
  5407 
  5408 * Relation composition operator "op O" now has precedence 75 and binds
  5409 stronger than union and intersection. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5410 
  5411 * The old set interval syntax "{m..n(}" (and relatives) has been
  5412 removed.  Use "{m..<n}" (and relatives) instead.
  5413 
  5414 * In the context of the assumption "~(s = t)" the Simplifier rewrites
  5415 "t = s" to False (by simproc "neq").  INCOMPATIBILITY, consider using
  5416 ``declare [[simproc del: neq]]''.
  5417 
  5418 * Simplifier: "m dvd n" where m and n are numbers is evaluated to
  5419 True/False.
  5420 
  5421 * Theorem Cons_eq_map_conv no longer declared as "simp".
  5422 
  5423 * Theorem setsum_mult renamed to setsum_right_distrib.
  5424 
  5425 * Prefer ex1I over ex_ex1I in single-step reasoning, e.g. by the
  5426 ``rule'' method.
  5427 
  5428 * Reimplemented methods "sat" and "satx", with several improvements:
  5429 goals no longer need to be stated as "<prems> ==> False", equivalences
  5430 (i.e. "=" on type bool) are handled, variable names of the form
  5431 "lit_<n>" are no longer reserved, significant speedup.
  5432 
  5433 * Methods "sat" and "satx" can now replay MiniSat proof traces.
  5434 zChaff is still supported as well.
  5435 
  5436 * 'inductive' and 'datatype': provide projections of mutual rules,
  5437 bundled as foo_bar.inducts;
  5438 
  5439 * Library: moved theories Parity, GCD, Binomial, Infinite_Set to
  5440 Library.
  5441 
  5442 * Library: moved theory Accessible_Part to main HOL.
  5443 
  5444 * Library: added theory Coinductive_List of potentially infinite lists
  5445 as greatest fixed-point.
  5446 
  5447 * Library: added theory AssocList which implements (finite) maps as
  5448 association lists.
  5449 
  5450 * Method "evaluation" solves goals (i.e. a boolean expression)
  5451 efficiently by compiling it to ML.  The goal is "proved" (via an
  5452 oracle) if it evaluates to True.
  5453 
  5454 * Linear arithmetic now splits certain operators (e.g. min, max, abs)
  5455 also when invoked by the simplifier.  This results in the Simplifier
  5456 being more powerful on arithmetic goals.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5457 Configuration option fast_arith_split_limit=0 recovers the old
  5458 behavior.
  5459 
  5460 * Support for hex (0x20) and binary (0b1001) numerals.
  5461 
  5462 * New method: reify eqs (t), where eqs are equations for an
  5463 interpretation I :: 'a list => 'b => 'c and t::'c is an optional
  5464 parameter, computes a term s::'b and a list xs::'a list and proves the
  5465 theorem I xs s = t. This is also known as reification or quoting. The
  5466 resulting theorem is applied to the subgoal to substitute t with I xs
  5467 s.  If t is omitted, the subgoal itself is reified.
  5468 
  5469 * New method: reflection corr_thm eqs (t). The parameters eqs and (t)
  5470 are as explained above. corr_thm is a theorem for I vs (f t) = I vs t,
  5471 where f is supposed to be a computable function (in the sense of code
  5472 generattion). The method uses reify to compute s and xs as above then
  5473 applies corr_thm and uses normalization by evaluation to "prove" f s =
  5474 r and finally gets the theorem t = r, which is again applied to the
  5475 subgoal. An Example is available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy.
  5476 
  5477 * Reflection: Automatic reification now handels binding, an example is
  5478 available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy
  5479 
  5480 * HOL-Statespace: ``State Spaces: The Locale Way'' introduces a
  5481 command 'statespace' that is similar to 'record', but introduces an
  5482 abstract specification based on the locale infrastructure instead of
  5483 HOL types.  This leads to extra flexibility in composing state spaces,
  5484 in particular multiple inheritance and renaming of components.
  5485 
  5486 
  5487 *** HOL-Complex ***
  5488 
  5489 * Hyperreal: Functions root and sqrt are now defined on negative real
  5490 inputs so that root n (- x) = - root n x and sqrt (- x) = - sqrt x.
  5491 Nonnegativity side conditions have been removed from many lemmas, so
  5492 that more subgoals may now be solved by simplification; potential
  5493 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5494 
  5495 * Real: new type classes formalize real normed vector spaces and
  5496 algebras, using new overloaded constants scaleR :: real => 'a => 'a
  5497 and norm :: 'a => real.
  5498 
  5499 * Real: constant of_real :: real => 'a::real_algebra_1 injects from
  5500 reals into other types. The overloaded constant Reals :: 'a set is now
  5501 defined as range of_real; potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5502 
  5503 * Real: proper support for ML code generation, including 'quickcheck'.
  5504 Reals are implemented as arbitrary precision rationals.
  5505 
  5506 * Hyperreal: Several constants that previously worked only for the
  5507 reals have been generalized, so they now work over arbitrary vector
  5508 spaces. Type annotations may need to be added in some cases; potential
  5509 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5510 
  5511   Infinitesimal  :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5512   HFinite        :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5513   HInfinite      :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5514   approx         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star => bool
  5515   monad          :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5516   galaxy         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5517   (NS)LIMSEQ     :: [nat => 'a::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5518   (NS)convergent :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5519   (NS)Bseq       :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5520   (NS)Cauchy     :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5521   (NS)LIM        :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a, 'b] => bool
  5522   is(NS)Cont     :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5523   deriv          :: ['a::real_normed_field => 'a, 'a, 'a] => bool
  5524   sgn            :: 'a::real_normed_vector => 'a
  5525   exp            :: 'a::{recpower,real_normed_field,banach} => 'a
  5526 
  5527 * Complex: Some complex-specific constants are now abbreviations for
  5528 overloaded ones: complex_of_real = of_real, cmod = norm, hcmod =
  5529 hnorm.  Other constants have been entirely removed in favor of the
  5530 polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5531 
  5532   approx        <-- capprox
  5533   HFinite       <-- CFinite
  5534   HInfinite     <-- CInfinite
  5535   Infinitesimal <-- CInfinitesimal
  5536   monad         <-- cmonad
  5537   galaxy        <-- cgalaxy
  5538   (NS)LIM       <-- (NS)CLIM, (NS)CRLIM
  5539   is(NS)Cont    <-- is(NS)Contc, is(NS)contCR
  5540   (ns)deriv     <-- (ns)cderiv
  5541 
  5542 
  5543 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  5544 
  5545 * Formalisation of ideals and the quotient construction over rings.
  5546 
  5547 * Order and lattice theory no longer based on records.
  5548 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5549 
  5550 * Renamed lemmas least_carrier -> least_closed and greatest_carrier ->
  5551 greatest_closed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5552 
  5553 * Method algebra is now set up via an attribute.  For examples see
  5554 Ring.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY: the method is now weaker on combinations
  5555 of algebraic structures.
  5556 
  5557 * Renamed theory CRing to Ring.
  5558 
  5559 
  5560 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  5561 
  5562 * Substantial, yet incomplete support for nominal datatypes (binding
  5563 structures) based on HOL-Nominal logic.  See src/HOL/Nominal and
  5564 src/HOL/Nominal/Examples.  Prospective users should consult
  5565 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/nominal/
  5566 
  5567 
  5568 *** ML ***
  5569 
  5570 * ML basics: just one true type int, which coincides with IntInf.int
  5571 (even on SML/NJ).
  5572 
  5573 * ML within Isar: antiquotations allow to embed statically-checked
  5574 formal entities in the source, referring to the context available at
  5575 compile-time.  For example:
  5576 
  5577 ML {* @{sort "{zero,one}"} *}
  5578 ML {* @{typ "'a => 'b"} *}
  5579 ML {* @{term "%x. x"} *}
  5580 ML {* @{prop "x == y"} *}
  5581 ML {* @{ctyp "'a => 'b"} *}
  5582 ML {* @{cterm "%x. x"} *}
  5583 ML {* @{cprop "x == y"} *}
  5584 ML {* @{thm asm_rl} *}
  5585 ML {* @{thms asm_rl} *}
  5586 ML {* @{type_name c} *}
  5587 ML {* @{type_syntax c} *}
  5588 ML {* @{const_name c} *}
  5589 ML {* @{const_syntax c} *}
  5590 ML {* @{context} *}
  5591 ML {* @{theory} *}
  5592 ML {* @{theory Pure} *}
  5593 ML {* @{theory_ref} *}
  5594 ML {* @{theory_ref Pure} *}
  5595 ML {* @{simpset} *}
  5596 ML {* @{claset} *}
  5597 ML {* @{clasimpset} *}
  5598 
  5599 The same works for sources being ``used'' within an Isar context.
  5600 
  5601 * ML in Isar: improved error reporting; extra verbosity with
  5602 ML_Context.trace enabled.
  5603 
  5604 * Pure/General/table.ML: the join operations now works via exceptions
  5605 DUP/SAME instead of type option. This is simpler in simple cases, and
  5606 admits slightly more efficient complex applications.
  5607 
  5608 * Pure: 'advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) now
  5609 use Context.generic instead of just theory.
  5610 
  5611 * Pure: datatype Context.generic joins theory/Proof.context and
  5612 provides some facilities for code that works in either kind of
  5613 context, notably GenericDataFun for uniform theory and proof data.
  5614 
  5615 * Pure: simplified internal attribute type, which is now always
  5616 Context.generic * thm -> Context.generic * thm. Global (theory) vs.
  5617 local (Proof.context) attributes have been discontinued, while
  5618 minimizing code duplication. Thm.rule_attribute and
  5619 Thm.declaration_attribute build canonical attributes; see also structure
  5620 Context for further operations on Context.generic, notably
  5621 GenericDataFun. INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt attribute type
  5622 declarations and definitions.
  5623 
  5624 * Context data interfaces (Theory/Proof/GenericDataFun): removed
  5625 name/print, uninitialized data defaults to ad-hoc copy of empty value,
  5626 init only required for impure data. INCOMPATIBILITY: empty really need
  5627 to be empty (no dependencies on theory content!)
  5628 
  5629 * Pure/kernel: consts certification ignores sort constraints given in
  5630 signature declarations. (This information is not relevant to the
  5631 logic, but only for type inference.) SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL CHANGE,
  5632 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5633 
  5634 * Pure: axiomatic type classes are now purely definitional, with
  5635 explicit proofs of class axioms and super class relations performed
  5636 internally. See Pure/axclass.ML for the main internal interfaces --
  5637 notably AxClass.define_class supercedes AxClass.add_axclass, and
  5638 AxClass.axiomatize_class/classrel/arity supersede
  5639 Sign.add_classes/classrel/arities.
  5640 
  5641 * Pure/Isar: Args/Attrib parsers operate on Context.generic --
  5642 global/local versions on theory vs. Proof.context have been
  5643 discontinued; Attrib.syntax and Method.syntax have been adapted
  5644 accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt parser expressions for
  5645 attributes, methods, etc.
  5646 
  5647 * Pure: several functions of signature "... -> theory -> theory * ..."
  5648 have been reoriented to "... -> theory -> ... * theory" in order to
  5649 allow natural usage in combination with the ||>, ||>>, |-> and
  5650 fold_map combinators.
  5651 
  5652 * Pure: official theorem names (closed derivations) and additional
  5653 comments (tags) are now strictly separate.  Name hints -- which are
  5654 maintained as tags -- may be attached any time without affecting the
  5655 derivation.
  5656 
  5657 * Pure: primitive rule lift_rule now takes goal cterm instead of an
  5658 actual goal state (thm).  Use Thm.lift_rule (Thm.cprem_of st i) to
  5659 achieve the old behaviour.
  5660 
  5661 * Pure: the "Goal" constant is now called "prop", supporting a
  5662 slightly more general idea of ``protecting'' meta-level rule
  5663 statements.
  5664 
  5665 * Pure: Logic.(un)varify only works in a global context, which is now
  5666 enforced instead of silently assumed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use
  5667 Logic.legacy_(un)varify as temporary workaround.
  5668 
  5669 * Pure: structure Name provides scalable operations for generating
  5670 internal variable names, notably Name.variants etc.  This replaces
  5671 some popular functions from term.ML:
  5672 
  5673   Term.variant		->  Name.variant
  5674   Term.variantlist	->  Name.variant_list
  5675   Term.invent_names	->  Name.invent_list
  5676 
  5677 Note that low-level renaming rarely occurs in new code -- operations
  5678 from structure Variable are used instead (see below).
  5679 
  5680 * Pure: structure Variable provides fundamental operations for proper
  5681 treatment of fixed/schematic variables in a context.  For example,
  5682 Variable.import introduces fixes for schematics of given facts and
  5683 Variable.export reverses the effect (up to renaming) -- this replaces
  5684 various freeze_thaw operations.
  5685 
  5686 * Pure: structure Goal provides simple interfaces for
  5687 init/conclude/finish and tactical prove operations (replacing former
  5688 Tactic.prove).  Goal.prove is the canonical way to prove results
  5689 within a given context; Goal.prove_global is a degraded version for
  5690 theory level goals, including a global Drule.standard.  Note that
  5691 OldGoals.prove_goalw_cterm has long been obsolete, since it is
  5692 ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local fixes/assumes or
  5693 in a locale context).
  5694 
  5695 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for parsing (Syntax.parse_term etc.)
  5696 and type checking (Syntax.check_term etc.), with common combinations
  5697 (Syntax.read_term etc.). These supersede former Sign.read_term etc.
  5698 which are considered legacy and await removal.
  5699 
  5700 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for type unchecking
  5701 (Syntax.uncheck_terms etc.) and unparsing (Syntax.unparse_term etc.),
  5702 with common combinations (Syntax.pretty_term, Syntax.string_of_term
  5703 etc.).  Former Sign.pretty_term, Sign.string_of_term etc. are still
  5704 available for convenience, but refer to the very same operations using
  5705 a mere theory instead of a full context.
  5706 
  5707 * Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
  5708 ERROR of string uniformly.  Function error now merely raises ERROR,
  5709 without any side effect on output channels.  The Isar toplevel takes
  5710 care of proper display of ERROR exceptions.  ML code may use plain
  5711 handle/can/try; cat_error may be used to concatenate errors like this:
  5712 
  5713   ... handle ERROR msg => cat_error msg "..."
  5714 
  5715 Toplevel ML code (run directly or through the Isar toplevel) may be
  5716 embedded into the Isar toplevel with exception display/debug like
  5717 this:
  5718 
  5719   Isar.toplevel (fn () => ...)
  5720 
  5721 INCOMPATIBILITY, removed special transform_error facilities, removed
  5722 obsolete variants of user-level exceptions (ERROR_MESSAGE,
  5723 Context.PROOF, ProofContext.CONTEXT, Proof.STATE, ProofHistory.FAIL)
  5724 -- use plain ERROR instead.
  5725 
  5726 * Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
  5727 list.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use #> to compose setup functions.
  5728 
  5729 * Isar: ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context, subject to
  5730 ProofContext.debug/verbose flags.
  5731 
  5732 * Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify the
  5733 theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see a
  5734 quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
  5735 batch mode.
  5736 
  5737 * Isar: simplified interfaces for outer syntax.  Renamed
  5738 OuterSyntax.add_keywords to OuterSyntax.keywords.  Removed
  5739 OuterSyntax.add_parsers -- this functionality is now included in
  5740 OuterSyntax.command etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5741 
  5742 * Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now
  5743 contains a proof context (cf. Simplifier.the_context), which is the
  5744 very context that the initial simpset has been retrieved from (by
  5745 simpset_of/local_simpset_of).  Consequently, all plug-in components
  5746 (solver, looper etc.) may depend on arbitrary proof data.
  5747 
  5748 * Simplifier.inherit_context inherits the proof context (plus the
  5749 local bounds) of the current simplification process; any simproc
  5750 etc. that calls the Simplifier recursively should do this!  Removed
  5751 former Simplifier.inherit_bounds, which is already included here --
  5752 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Tools based on low-level rewriting may even have to
  5753 specify an explicit context using Simplifier.context/theory_context.
  5754 
  5755 * Simplifier/Classical Reasoner: more abstract interfaces
  5756 change_simpset/claset for modifying the simpset/claset reference of a
  5757 theory; raw versions simpset/claset_ref etc. have been discontinued --
  5758 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5759 
  5760 * Provers: more generic wrt. syntax of object-logics, avoid hardwired
  5761 "Trueprop" etc.
  5762 
  5763 
  5764 *** System ***
  5765 
  5766 * settings: the default heap location within ISABELLE_HOME_USER now
  5767 includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER.  This simplifies use of multiple
  5768 Isabelle installations.
  5769 
  5770 * isabelle-process: option -S (secure mode) disables some critical
  5771 operations, notably runtime compilation and evaluation of ML source
  5772 code.
  5773 
  5774 * Basic Isabelle mode for jEdit, see Isabelle/lib/jedit/.
  5775 
  5776 * Support for parallel execution, using native multicore support of
  5777 Poly/ML 5.1.  The theory loader exploits parallelism when processing
  5778 independent theories, according to the given theory header
  5779 specifications. The maximum number of worker threads is specified via
  5780 usedir option -M or the "max-threads" setting in Proof General. A
  5781 speedup factor of 1.5--3.5 can be expected on a 4-core machine, and up
  5782 to 6 on a 8-core machine.  User-code needs to observe certain
  5783 guidelines for thread-safe programming, see appendix A in the Isar
  5784 Implementation manual.
  5785 
  5786 
  5787 
  5788 New in Isabelle2005 (October 2005)
  5789 ----------------------------------
  5790 
  5791 *** General ***
  5792 
  5793 * Theory headers: the new header syntax for Isar theories is
  5794 
  5795   theory <name>
  5796   imports <theory1> ... <theoryN>
  5797   uses <file1> ... <fileM>
  5798   begin
  5799 
  5800 where the 'uses' part is optional.  The previous syntax
  5801 
  5802   theory <name> = <theory1> + ... + <theoryN>:
  5803 
  5804 will disappear in the next release.  Use isatool fixheaders to convert
  5805 existing theory files.  Note that there is no change in ancient
  5806 non-Isar theories now, but these will disappear soon.
  5807 
  5808 * Theory loader: parent theories can now also be referred to via
  5809 relative and absolute paths.
  5810 
  5811 * Command 'find_theorems' searches for a list of criteria instead of a
  5812 list of constants. Known criteria are: intro, elim, dest, name:string,
  5813 simp:term, and any term. Criteria can be preceded by '-' to select
  5814 theorems that do not match. Intro, elim, dest select theorems that
  5815 match the current goal, name:s selects theorems whose fully qualified
  5816 name contain s, and simp:term selects all simplification rules whose
  5817 lhs match term.  Any other term is interpreted as pattern and selects
  5818 all theorems matching the pattern. Available in ProofGeneral under
  5819 'ProofGeneral -> Find Theorems' or C-c C-f.  Example:
  5820 
  5821   C-c C-f (100) "(_::nat) + _ + _" intro -name: "HOL."
  5822 
  5823 prints the last 100 theorems matching the pattern "(_::nat) + _ + _",
  5824 matching the current goal as introduction rule and not having "HOL."
  5825 in their name (i.e. not being defined in theory HOL).
  5826 
  5827 * Command 'thms_containing' has been discontinued in favour of
  5828 'find_theorems'; INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5829 
  5830 * Communication with Proof General is now 8bit clean, which means that
  5831 Unicode text in UTF-8 encoding may be used within theory texts (both
  5832 formal and informal parts).  Cf. option -U of the Isabelle Proof
  5833 General interface.  Here are some simple examples (cf. src/HOL/ex):
  5834 
  5835   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Hebrew.html
  5836   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Chinese.html
  5837 
  5838 * Improved efficiency of the Simplifier and, to a lesser degree, the
  5839 Classical Reasoner.  Typical big applications run around 2 times
  5840 faster.
  5841 
  5842 
  5843 *** Document preparation ***
  5844 
  5845 * Commands 'display_drafts' and 'print_drafts' perform simple output
  5846 of raw sources.  Only those symbols that do not require additional
  5847 LaTeX packages (depending on comments in isabellesym.sty) are
  5848 displayed properly, everything else is left verbatim.  isatool display
  5849 and isatool print are used as front ends (these are subject to the
  5850 DVI/PDF_VIEWER and PRINT_COMMAND settings, respectively).
  5851 
  5852 * Command tags control specific markup of certain regions of text,
  5853 notably folding and hiding.  Predefined tags include "theory" (for
  5854 theory begin and end), "proof" for proof commands, and "ML" for
  5855 commands involving ML code; the additional tags "visible" and
  5856 "invisible" are unused by default.  Users may give explicit tag
  5857 specifications in the text, e.g. ''by %invisible (auto)''.  The
  5858 interpretation of tags is determined by the LaTeX job during document
  5859 preparation: see option -V of isatool usedir, or options -n and -t of
  5860 isatool document, or even the LaTeX macros \isakeeptag, \isafoldtag,
  5861 \isadroptag.
  5862 
  5863 Several document versions may be produced at the same time via isatool
  5864 usedir (the generated index.html will link all of them).  Typical
  5865 specifications include ''-V document=theory,proof,ML'' to present
  5866 theory/proof/ML parts faithfully, ''-V outline=/proof,/ML'' to fold
  5867 proof and ML commands, and ''-V mutilated=-theory,-proof,-ML'' to omit
  5868 these parts without any formal replacement text.  The Isabelle site
  5869 default settings produce ''document'' and ''outline'' versions as
  5870 specified above.
  5871 
  5872 * Several new antiquotations:
  5873 
  5874   @{term_type term} prints a term with its type annotated;
  5875 
  5876   @{typeof term} prints the type of a term;
  5877 
  5878   @{const const} is the same as @{term const}, but checks that the
  5879   argument is a known logical constant;
  5880 
  5881   @{term_style style term} and @{thm_style style thm} print a term or
  5882   theorem applying a "style" to it
  5883 
  5884   @{ML text}
  5885 
  5886 Predefined styles are 'lhs' and 'rhs' printing the lhs/rhs of
  5887 definitions, equations, inequations etc., 'concl' printing only the
  5888 conclusion of a meta-logical statement theorem, and 'prem1' .. 'prem19'
  5889 to print the specified premise.  TermStyle.add_style provides an ML
  5890 interface for introducing further styles.  See also the "LaTeX Sugar"
  5891 document practical applications.  The ML antiquotation prints
  5892 type-checked ML expressions verbatim.
  5893 
  5894 * Markup commands 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', 'subsubsection',
  5895 and 'text' support optional locale specification '(in loc)', which
  5896 specifies the default context for interpreting antiquotations.  For
  5897 example: 'text (in lattice) {* @{thm inf_assoc}*}'.
  5898 
  5899 * Option 'locale=NAME' of antiquotations specifies an alternative
  5900 context interpreting the subsequent argument.  For example: @{thm
  5901 [locale=lattice] inf_assoc}.
  5902 
  5903 * Proper output of proof terms (@{prf ...} and @{full_prf ...}) within
  5904 a proof context.
  5905 
  5906 * Proper output of antiquotations for theory commands involving a
  5907 proof context (such as 'locale' or 'theorem (in loc) ...').
  5908 
  5909 * Delimiters of outer tokens (string etc.) now produce separate LaTeX
  5910 macros (\isachardoublequoteopen, isachardoublequoteclose etc.).
  5911 
  5912 * isatool usedir: new option -C (default true) controls whether option
  5913 -D should include a copy of the original document directory; -C false
  5914 prevents unwanted effects such as copying of administrative CVS data.
  5915 
  5916 
  5917 *** Pure ***
  5918 
  5919 * Considerably improved version of 'constdefs' command.  Now performs
  5920 automatic type-inference of declared constants; additional support for
  5921 local structure declarations (cf. locales and HOL records), see also
  5922 isar-ref manual.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to observe strictly
  5923 sequential dependencies of definitions within a single 'constdefs'
  5924 section; moreover, the declared name needs to be an identifier.  If
  5925 all fails, consider to fall back on 'consts' and 'defs' separately.
  5926 
  5927 * Improved indexed syntax and implicit structures.  First of all,
  5928 indexed syntax provides a notational device for subscripted
  5929 application, using the new syntax \<^bsub>term\<^esub> for arbitrary
  5930 expressions.  Secondly, in a local context with structure
  5931 declarations, number indexes \<^sub>n or the empty index (default
  5932 number 1) refer to a certain fixed variable implicitly; option
  5933 show_structs controls printing of implicit structures.  Typical
  5934 applications of these concepts involve record types and locales.
  5935 
  5936 * New command 'no_syntax' removes grammar declarations (and
  5937 translations) resulting from the given syntax specification, which is
  5938 interpreted in the same manner as for the 'syntax' command.
  5939 
  5940 * 'Advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) may depend
  5941 on the signature of the theory context being presently used for
  5942 parsing/printing, see also isar-ref manual.
  5943 
  5944 * Improved 'oracle' command provides a type-safe interface to turn an
  5945 ML expression of type theory -> T -> term into a primitive rule of
  5946 type theory -> T -> thm (i.e. the functionality of Thm.invoke_oracle
  5947 is already included here); see also FOL/ex/IffExample.thy;
  5948 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5949 
  5950 * axclass: name space prefix for class "c" is now "c_class" (was "c"
  5951 before); "cI" is no longer bound, use "c.intro" instead.
  5952 INCOMPATIBILITY.  This change avoids clashes of fact bindings for
  5953 axclasses vs. locales.
  5954 
  5955 * Improved internal renaming of symbolic identifiers -- attach primes
  5956 instead of base 26 numbers.
  5957 
  5958 * New flag show_question_marks controls printing of leading question
  5959 marks in schematic variable names.
  5960 
  5961 * In schematic variable names, *any* symbol following \<^isub> or
  5962 \<^isup> is now treated as part of the base name.  For example, the
  5963 following works without printing of awkward ".0" indexes:
  5964 
  5965   lemma "x\<^isub>1 = x\<^isub>2 ==> x\<^isub>2 = x\<^isub>1"
  5966     by simp
  5967 
  5968 * Inner syntax includes (*(*nested*) comments*).
  5969 
  5970 * Pretty printer now supports unbreakable blocks, specified in mixfix
  5971 annotations as "(00...)".
  5972 
  5973 * Clear separation of logical types and nonterminals, where the latter
  5974 may only occur in 'syntax' specifications or type abbreviations.
  5975 Before that distinction was only partially implemented via type class
  5976 "logic" vs. "{}".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY in rare cases of improper
  5977 use of 'types'/'consts' instead of 'nonterminals'/'syntax'.  Some very
  5978 exotic syntax specifications may require further adaption
  5979 (e.g. Cube/Cube.thy).
  5980 
  5981 * Removed obsolete type class "logic", use the top sort {} instead.
  5982 Note that non-logical types should be declared as 'nonterminals'
  5983 rather than 'types'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for new object-logic
  5984 specifications.
  5985 
  5986 * Attributes 'induct' and 'cases': type or set names may now be
  5987 locally fixed variables as well.
  5988 
  5989 * Simplifier: can now control the depth to which conditional rewriting
  5990 is traced via the PG menu Isabelle -> Settings -> Trace Simp Depth
  5991 Limit.
  5992 
  5993 * Simplifier: simplification procedures may now take the current
  5994 simpset into account (cf. Simplifier.simproc(_i) / mk_simproc
  5995 interface), which is very useful for calling the Simplifier
  5996 recursively.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: the 'prems' argument of simprocs
  5997 is gone -- use prems_of_ss on the simpset instead.  Moreover, the
  5998 low-level mk_simproc no longer applies Logic.varify internally, to
  5999 allow for use in a context of fixed variables.
  6000 
  6001 * thin_tac now works even if the assumption being deleted contains !!
  6002 or ==>.  More generally, erule now works even if the major premise of
  6003 the elimination rule contains !! or ==>.
  6004 
  6005 * Method 'rules' has been renamed to 'iprover'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6006 
  6007 * Reorganized bootstrapping of the Pure theories; CPure is now derived
  6008 from Pure, which contains all common declarations already.  Both
  6009 theories are defined via plain Isabelle/Isar .thy files.
  6010 INCOMPATIBILITY: elements of CPure (such as the CPure.intro /
  6011 CPure.elim / CPure.dest attributes) now appear in the Pure name space;
  6012 use isatool fixcpure to adapt your theory and ML sources.
  6013 
  6014 * New syntax 'name(i-j, i-, i, ...)' for referring to specific
  6015 selections of theorems in named facts via index ranges.
  6016 
  6017 * 'print_theorems': in theory mode, really print the difference
  6018 wrt. the last state (works for interactive theory development only),
  6019 in proof mode print all local facts (cf. 'print_facts');
  6020 
  6021 * 'hide': option '(open)' hides only base names.
  6022 
  6023 * More efficient treatment of intermediate checkpoints in interactive
  6024 theory development.
  6025 
  6026 * Code generator is now invoked via code_module (incremental code
  6027 generation) and code_library (modular code generation, ML structures
  6028 for each theory).  INCOMPATIBILITY: new keywords 'file' and 'contains'
  6029 must be quoted when used as identifiers.
  6030 
  6031 * New 'value' command for reading, evaluating and printing terms using
  6032 the code generator.  INCOMPATIBILITY: command keyword 'value' must be
  6033 quoted when used as identifier.
  6034 
  6035 
  6036 *** Locales ***
  6037 
  6038 * New commands for the interpretation of locale expressions in
  6039 theories (1), locales (2) and proof contexts (3).  These generate
  6040 proof obligations from the expression specification.  After the
  6041 obligations have been discharged, theorems of the expression are added
  6042 to the theory, target locale or proof context.  The synopsis of the
  6043 commands is a follows:
  6044 
  6045   (1) interpretation expr inst
  6046   (2) interpretation target < expr
  6047   (3) interpret expr inst
  6048 
  6049 Interpretation in theories and proof contexts require a parameter
  6050 instantiation of terms from the current context.  This is applied to
  6051 specifications and theorems of the interpreted expression.
  6052 Interpretation in locales only permits parameter renaming through the
  6053 locale expression.  Interpretation is smart in that interpretations
  6054 that are active already do not occur in proof obligations, neither are
  6055 instantiated theorems stored in duplicate.  Use 'print_interps' to
  6056 inspect active interpretations of a particular locale.  For details,
  6057 see the Isar Reference manual.  Examples can be found in
  6058 HOL/Finite_Set.thy and HOL/Algebra/UnivPoly.thy.
  6059 
  6060 INCOMPATIBILITY: former 'instantiate' has been withdrawn, use
  6061 'interpret' instead.
  6062 
  6063 * New context element 'constrains' for adding type constraints to
  6064 parameters.
  6065 
  6066 * Context expressions: renaming of parameters with syntax
  6067 redeclaration.
  6068 
  6069 * Locale declaration: 'includes' disallowed.
  6070 
  6071 * Proper static binding of attribute syntax -- i.e. types / terms /
  6072 facts mentioned as arguments are always those of the locale definition
  6073 context, independently of the context of later invocations.  Moreover,
  6074 locale operations (renaming and type / term instantiation) are applied
  6075 to attribute arguments as expected.
  6076 
  6077 INCOMPATIBILITY of the ML interface: always pass Attrib.src instead of
  6078 actual attributes; rare situations may require Attrib.attribute to
  6079 embed those attributes into Attrib.src that lack concrete syntax.
  6080 Attribute implementations need to cooperate properly with the static
  6081 binding mechanism.  Basic parsers Args.XXX_typ/term/prop and
  6082 Attrib.XXX_thm etc. already do the right thing without further
  6083 intervention.  Only unusual applications -- such as "where" or "of"
  6084 (cf. src/Pure/Isar/attrib.ML), which process arguments depending both
  6085 on the context and the facts involved -- may have to assign parsed
  6086 values to argument tokens explicitly.
  6087 
  6088 * Changed parameter management in theorem generation for long goal
  6089 statements with 'includes'.  INCOMPATIBILITY: produces a different
  6090 theorem statement in rare situations.
  6091 
  6092 * Locale inspection command 'print_locale' omits notes elements.  Use
  6093 'print_locale!' to have them included in the output.
  6094 
  6095 
  6096 *** Provers ***
  6097 
  6098 * Provers/hypsubst.ML: improved version of the subst method, for
  6099 single-step rewriting: it now works in bound variable contexts. New is
  6100 'subst (asm)', for rewriting an assumption.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may
  6101 rewrite a different subterm than the original subst method, which is
  6102 still available as 'simplesubst'.
  6103 
  6104 * Provers/quasi.ML: new transitivity reasoners for transitivity only
  6105 and quasi orders.
  6106 
  6107 * Provers/trancl.ML: new transitivity reasoner for transitive and
  6108 reflexive-transitive closure of relations.
  6109 
  6110 * Provers/blast.ML: new reference depth_limit to make blast's depth
  6111 limit (previously hard-coded with a value of 20) user-definable.
  6112 
  6113 * Provers/simplifier.ML has been moved to Pure, where Simplifier.setup
  6114 is peformed already.  Object-logics merely need to finish their
  6115 initial simpset configuration as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6116 
  6117 
  6118 *** HOL ***
  6119 
  6120 * Symbolic syntax of Hilbert Choice Operator is now as follows:
  6121 
  6122   syntax (epsilon)
  6123     "_Eps" :: "[pttrn, bool] => 'a"    ("(3\<some>_./ _)" [0, 10] 10)
  6124 
  6125 The symbol \<some> is displayed as the alternative epsilon of LaTeX
  6126 and x-symbol; use option '-m epsilon' to get it actually printed.
  6127 Moreover, the mathematically important symbolic identifier \<epsilon>
  6128 becomes available as variable, constant etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  6129 
  6130 * "x > y" abbreviates "y < x" and "x >= y" abbreviates "y <= x".
  6131 Similarly for all quantifiers: "ALL x > y" etc.  The x-symbol for >=
  6132 is \<ge>. New transitivity rules have been added to HOL/Orderings.thy to
  6133 support corresponding Isar calculations.
  6134 
  6135 * "{x:A. P}" abbreviates "{x. x:A & P}", and similarly for "\<in>"
  6136 instead of ":".
  6137 
  6138 * theory SetInterval: changed the syntax for open intervals:
  6139 
  6140   Old       New
  6141   {..n(}    {..<n}
  6142   {)n..}    {n<..}
  6143   {m..n(}   {m..<n}
  6144   {)m..n}   {m<..n}
  6145   {)m..n(}  {m<..<n}
  6146 
  6147 The old syntax is still supported but will disappear in the next
  6148 release.  For conversion use the following Emacs search and replace
  6149 patterns (these are not perfect but work quite well):
  6150 
  6151   {)\([^\.]*\)\.\.  ->  {\1<\.\.}
  6152   \.\.\([^(}]*\)(}  ->  \.\.<\1}
  6153 
  6154 * Theory Commutative_Ring (in Library): method comm_ring for proving
  6155 equalities in commutative rings; method 'algebra' provides a generic
  6156 interface.
  6157 
  6158 * Theory Finite_Set: changed the syntax for 'setsum', summation over
  6159 finite sets: "setsum (%x. e) A", which used to be "\<Sum>x:A. e", is
  6160 now either "SUM x:A. e" or "\<Sum>x \<in> A. e". The bound variable can
  6161 be a tuple pattern.
  6162 
  6163 Some new syntax forms are available:
  6164 
  6165   "\<Sum>x | P. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {x. P}"
  6166   "\<Sum>x = a..b. e"   for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..b}"
  6167   "\<Sum>x = a..<b. e"  for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..<b}"
  6168   "\<Sum>x < k. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {..<k}"
  6169 
  6170 The latter form "\<Sum>x < k. e" used to be based on a separate
  6171 function "Summation", which has been discontinued.
  6172 
  6173 * theory Finite_Set: in structured induction proofs, the insert case
  6174 is now 'case (insert x F)' instead of the old counterintuitive 'case
  6175 (insert F x)'.
  6176 
  6177 * The 'refute' command has been extended to support a much larger
  6178 fragment of HOL, including axiomatic type classes, constdefs and
  6179 typedefs, inductive datatypes and recursion.
  6180 
  6181 * New tactics 'sat' and 'satx' to prove propositional tautologies.
  6182 Requires zChaff with proof generation to be installed.  See
  6183 HOL/ex/SAT_Examples.thy for examples.
  6184 
  6185 * Datatype induction via method 'induct' now preserves the name of the
  6186 induction variable. For example, when proving P(xs::'a list) by
  6187 induction on xs, the induction step is now P(xs) ==> P(a#xs) rather
  6188 than P(list) ==> P(a#list) as previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  6189 in unstructured proof scripts.
  6190 
  6191 * Reworked implementation of records.  Improved scalability for
  6192 records with many fields, avoiding performance problems for type
  6193 inference. Records are no longer composed of nested field types, but
  6194 of nested extension types. Therefore the record type only grows linear
  6195 in the number of extensions and not in the number of fields.  The
  6196 top-level (users) view on records is preserved.  Potential
  6197 INCOMPATIBILITY only in strange cases, where the theory depends on the
  6198 old record representation. The type generated for a record is called
  6199 <record_name>_ext_type.
  6200 
  6201 Flag record_quick_and_dirty_sensitive can be enabled to skip the
  6202 proofs triggered by a record definition or a simproc (if
  6203 quick_and_dirty is enabled).  Definitions of large records can take
  6204 quite long.
  6205 
  6206 New simproc record_upd_simproc for simplification of multiple record
  6207 updates enabled by default.  Moreover, trivial updates are also
  6208 removed: r(|x := x r|) = r.  INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break
  6209 occasionally, since simplification is more powerful by default.
  6210 
  6211 * typedef: proper support for polymorphic sets, which contain extra
  6212 type-variables in the term.
  6213 
  6214 * Simplifier: automatically reasons about transitivity chains
  6215 involving "trancl" (r^+) and "rtrancl" (r^*) by setting up tactics
  6216 provided by Provers/trancl.ML as additional solvers.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6217 old proofs break occasionally as simplification may now solve more
  6218 goals than previously.
  6219 
  6220 * Simplifier: converts x <= y into x = y if assumption y <= x is
  6221 present.  Works for all partial orders (class "order"), in particular
  6222 numbers and sets.  For linear orders (e.g. numbers) it treats ~ x < y
  6223 just like y <= x.
  6224 
  6225 * Simplifier: new simproc for "let x = a in f x".  If a is a free or
  6226 bound variable or a constant then the let is unfolded.  Otherwise
  6227 first a is simplified to b, and then f b is simplified to g. If
  6228 possible we abstract b from g arriving at "let x = b in h x",
  6229 otherwise we unfold the let and arrive at g.  The simproc can be
  6230 enabled/disabled by the reference use_let_simproc.  Potential
  6231 INCOMPATIBILITY since simplification is more powerful by default.
  6232 
  6233 * Classical reasoning: the meson method now accepts theorems as arguments.
  6234 
  6235 * Prover support: pre-release of the Isabelle-ATP linkup, which runs background
  6236 jobs to provide advice on the provability of subgoals.
  6237 
  6238 * Theory OrderedGroup and Ring_and_Field: various additions and
  6239 improvements to faciliate calculations involving equalities and
  6240 inequalities.
  6241 
  6242 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6243 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6244 
  6245   abs_eq             now named abs_of_nonneg
  6246   abs_of_ge_0        now named abs_of_nonneg
  6247   abs_minus_eq       now named abs_of_nonpos
  6248   imp_abs_id         now named abs_of_nonneg
  6249   imp_abs_neg_id     now named abs_of_nonpos
  6250   mult_pos           now named mult_pos_pos
  6251   mult_pos_le        now named mult_nonneg_nonneg
  6252   mult_pos_neg_le    now named mult_nonneg_nonpos
  6253   mult_pos_neg2_le   now named mult_nonneg_nonpos2
  6254   mult_neg           now named mult_neg_neg
  6255   mult_neg_le        now named mult_nonpos_nonpos
  6256 
  6257 * The following lemmas in Ring_and_Field have been added to the simplifier:
  6258      
  6259      zero_le_square
  6260      not_square_less_zero 
  6261 
  6262   The following lemmas have been deleted from Real/RealPow:
  6263   
  6264      realpow_zero_zero
  6265      realpow_two
  6266      realpow_less
  6267      zero_le_power
  6268      realpow_two_le
  6269      abs_realpow_two
  6270      realpow_two_abs     
  6271 
  6272 * Theory Parity: added rules for simplifying exponents.
  6273 
  6274 * Theory List:
  6275 
  6276 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6277 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6278 
  6279   list_all_Nil       now named list_all.simps(1)
  6280   list_all_Cons      now named list_all.simps(2)
  6281   list_all_conv      now named list_all_iff
  6282   set_mem_eq         now named mem_iff
  6283 
  6284 * Theories SetsAndFunctions and BigO (see HOL/Library) support
  6285 asymptotic "big O" calculations.  See the notes in BigO.thy.
  6286 
  6287 
  6288 *** HOL-Complex ***
  6289 
  6290 * Theory RealDef: better support for embedding natural numbers and
  6291 integers in the reals.
  6292 
  6293 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6294 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6295 
  6296   exp_ge_add_one_self  now requires no hypotheses
  6297   real_of_int_add      reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6298   real_of_int_minus    reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6299   real_of_int_diff     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6300   real_of_int_mult     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6301 
  6302 * Theory RComplete: expanded support for floor and ceiling functions.
  6303 
  6304 * Theory Ln is new, with properties of the natural logarithm
  6305 
  6306 * Hyperreal: There is a new type constructor "star" for making
  6307 nonstandard types.  The old type names are now type synonyms:
  6308 
  6309   hypreal = real star
  6310   hypnat = nat star
  6311   hcomplex = complex star
  6312 
  6313 * Hyperreal: Many groups of similarly-defined constants have been
  6314 replaced by polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6315 
  6316   star_of <-- hypreal_of_real, hypnat_of_nat, hcomplex_of_complex
  6317 
  6318   starset      <-- starsetNat, starsetC
  6319   *s*          <-- *sNat*, *sc*
  6320   starset_n    <-- starsetNat_n, starsetC_n
  6321   *sn*         <-- *sNatn*, *scn*
  6322   InternalSets <-- InternalNatSets, InternalCSets
  6323 
  6324   starfun      <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6325   *f*          <-- *fNat*, *fNat2*, *fc*, *fRc*, *fcR*
  6326   starfun_n    <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n
  6327   *fn*         <-- *fNatn*, *fNat2n*, *fcn*, *fRcn*, *fcRn*
  6328   InternalFuns <-- InternalNatFuns, InternalNatFuns2, Internal{C,RC,CR}Funs
  6329 
  6330 * Hyperreal: Many type-specific theorems have been removed in favor of
  6331 theorems specific to various axiomatic type classes (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6332 
  6333   add_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_commute
  6334   add_assoc   <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_assocs
  6335   OrderedGroup.add_0 <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_zero_left
  6336   OrderedGroup.add_0_right <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_zero_right
  6337   right_minus <-- hypreal_add_minus
  6338   left_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_minus_left
  6339   mult_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_commute
  6340   mult_assoc <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_assoc
  6341   mult_1_left <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_1, hcomplex_mult_one_left
  6342   mult_1_right <-- hcomplex_mult_one_right
  6343   mult_zero_left <-- hcomplex_mult_zero_left
  6344   left_distrib <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_mult_distrib
  6345   right_distrib <-- hypnat_add_mult_distrib2
  6346   zero_neq_one <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_not_eq_one
  6347   right_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse
  6348   left_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse_left, hcomplex_mult_inv_left
  6349   order_refl <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_refl
  6350   order_trans <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_trans
  6351   order_antisym <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_anti_sym
  6352   order_less_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less_le
  6353   linorder_linear <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_linear
  6354   add_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_add_left_mono
  6355   mult_strict_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_less_mono2
  6356   add_nonneg_nonneg <-- hypreal_le_add_order
  6357 
  6358 * Hyperreal: Separate theorems having to do with type-specific
  6359 versions of constants have been merged into theorems that apply to the
  6360 new polymorphic constants (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6361 
  6362   STAR_UNIV_set <-- {STAR_real,NatStar_real,STARC_complex}_set
  6363   STAR_empty_set <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_empty_set
  6364   STAR_Un <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Un
  6365   STAR_Int <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Int
  6366   STAR_Compl <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Compl
  6367   STAR_subset <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_subset
  6368   STAR_mem <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_mem
  6369   STAR_mem_Compl <-- {STAR,STARC}_mem_Compl
  6370   STAR_diff <-- {STAR,STARC}_diff
  6371   STAR_star_of_image_subset <-- {STAR_hypreal_of_real, NatStar_hypreal_of_real,
  6372     STARC_hcomplex_of_complex}_image_subset
  6373   starset_n_Un <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Un
  6374   starset_n_Int <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Int
  6375   starset_n_Compl <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Compl
  6376   starset_n_diff <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_diff
  6377   InternalSets_Un <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Un
  6378   InternalSets_Int <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Int
  6379   InternalSets_Compl <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Compl
  6380   InternalSets_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_diff
  6381   InternalSets_UNIV_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_UNIV_diff
  6382   InternalSets_starset_n <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_starset{Nat,C}_n
  6383   starset_starset_n_eq <-- starset{Nat,C}_starset{Nat,C}_n_eq
  6384   starset_n_starset <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_starset{Nat,C}
  6385   starfun_n_starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n_starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6386   starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6387   starfun_mult <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_mult
  6388   starfun_add <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_add
  6389   starfun_minus <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_minus
  6390   starfun_diff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_diff
  6391   starfun_o <-- starfun{NatNat2,Nat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o
  6392   starfun_o2 <-- starfun{NatNat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o2
  6393   starfun_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_const_fun
  6394   starfun_inverse <-- starfun{Nat,C,RC,CR}_inverse
  6395   starfun_eq <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_eq
  6396   starfun_eq_iff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_eq_iff
  6397   starfun_Id <-- starfunC_Id
  6398   starfun_approx <-- starfun{Nat,CR}_approx
  6399   starfun_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_capprox
  6400   starfun_abs <-- starfunNat_rabs
  6401   starfun_lambda_cancel <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel
  6402   starfun_lambda_cancel2 <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel2
  6403   starfun_mult_HFinite_approx <-- starfunCR_mult_HFinite_capprox
  6404   starfun_mult_CFinite_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_mult_CFinite_capprox
  6405   starfun_add_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_add_capprox
  6406   starfun_add_approx <-- starfunCR_add_approx
  6407   starfun_inverse_inverse <-- starfunC_inverse_inverse
  6408   starfun_divide <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_divide
  6409   starfun_n <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n
  6410   starfun_n_mult <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_mult
  6411   starfun_n_add <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_add
  6412   starfun_n_add_minus <-- starfunNat_n_add_minus
  6413   starfun_n_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_const_fun
  6414   starfun_n_minus <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_minus
  6415   starfun_n_eq <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_eq
  6416 
  6417   star_n_add <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add
  6418   star_n_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_minus
  6419   star_n_diff <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_diff
  6420   star_n_mult <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_mult
  6421   star_n_inverse <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_inverse
  6422   star_n_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le
  6423   star_n_less <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less
  6424   star_n_zero_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_num
  6425   star_n_one_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_one_num
  6426   star_n_abs <-- hypreal_hrabs
  6427   star_n_divide <-- hcomplex_divide
  6428 
  6429   star_of_add <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_add
  6430   star_of_minus <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_minus
  6431   star_of_diff <-- hypreal_of_real_diff
  6432   star_of_mult <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_mult
  6433   star_of_one <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_one
  6434   star_of_zero <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_zero
  6435   star_of_le <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_le_iff
  6436   star_of_less <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_less_iff
  6437   star_of_eq <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_eq_iff
  6438   star_of_inverse <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_inverse
  6439   star_of_divide <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_divide
  6440   star_of_of_nat <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_nat
  6441   star_of_of_int <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_int
  6442   star_of_number_of <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_number_of
  6443   star_of_number_less <-- number_of_less_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6444   star_of_number_le <-- number_of_le_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6445   star_of_eq_number <-- hypreal_of_real_eq_number_of_iff
  6446   star_of_less_number <-- hypreal_of_real_less_number_of_iff
  6447   star_of_le_number <-- hypreal_of_real_le_number_of_iff
  6448   star_of_power <-- hypreal_of_real_power
  6449   star_of_eq_0 <-- hcomplex_of_complex_zero_iff
  6450 
  6451 * Hyperreal: new method "transfer" that implements the transfer
  6452 principle of nonstandard analysis. With a subgoal that mentions
  6453 nonstandard types like "'a star", the command "apply transfer"
  6454 replaces it with an equivalent one that mentions only standard types.
  6455 To be successful, all free variables must have standard types; non-
  6456 standard variables must have explicit universal quantifiers.
  6457 
  6458 * Hyperreal: A theory of Taylor series.
  6459 
  6460 
  6461 *** HOLCF ***
  6462 
  6463 * Discontinued special version of 'constdefs' (which used to support
  6464 continuous functions) in favor of the general Pure one with full
  6465 type-inference.
  6466 
  6467 * New simplification procedure for solving continuity conditions; it
  6468 is much faster on terms with many nested lambda abstractions (cubic
  6469 instead of exponential time).
  6470 
  6471 * New syntax for domain package: selector names are now optional.
  6472 Parentheses should be omitted unless argument is lazy, for example:
  6473 
  6474   domain 'a stream = cons "'a" (lazy "'a stream")
  6475 
  6476 * New command 'fixrec' for defining recursive functions with pattern
  6477 matching; defining multiple functions with mutual recursion is also
  6478 supported.  Patterns may include the constants cpair, spair, up, sinl,
  6479 sinr, or any data constructor defined by the domain package. The given
  6480 equations are proven as rewrite rules. See HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  6481 syntax and examples.
  6482 
  6483 * New commands 'cpodef' and 'pcpodef' for defining predicate subtypes
  6484 of cpo and pcpo types. Syntax is exactly like the 'typedef' command,
  6485 but the proof obligation additionally includes an admissibility
  6486 requirement. The packages generate instances of class cpo or pcpo,
  6487 with continuity and strictness theorems for Rep and Abs.
  6488 
  6489 * HOLCF: Many theorems have been renamed according to a more standard naming
  6490 scheme (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6491 
  6492   foo_inject:  "foo$x = foo$y ==> x = y"
  6493   foo_eq:      "(foo$x = foo$y) = (x = y)"
  6494   foo_less:    "(foo$x << foo$y) = (x << y)"
  6495   foo_strict:  "foo$UU = UU"
  6496   foo_defined: "... ==> foo$x ~= UU"
  6497   foo_defined_iff: "(foo$x = UU) = (x = UU)"
  6498 
  6499 
  6500 *** ZF ***
  6501 
  6502 * ZF/ex: theories Group and Ring provide examples in abstract algebra,
  6503 including the First Isomorphism Theorem (on quotienting by the kernel
  6504 of a homomorphism).
  6505 
  6506 * ZF/Simplifier: install second copy of type solver that actually
  6507 makes use of TC rules declared to Isar proof contexts (or locales);
  6508 the old version is still required for ML proof scripts.
  6509 
  6510 
  6511 *** Cube ***
  6512 
  6513 * Converted to Isar theory format; use locales instead of axiomatic
  6514 theories.
  6515 
  6516 
  6517 *** ML ***
  6518 
  6519 * Pure/library.ML: added ##>, ##>>, #>> -- higher-order counterparts
  6520 for ||>, ||>>, |>>,
  6521 
  6522 * Pure/library.ML no longer defines its own option datatype, but uses
  6523 that of the SML basis, which has constructors NONE and SOME instead of
  6524 None and Some, as well as exception Option.Option instead of OPTION.
  6525 The functions the, if_none, is_some, is_none have been adapted
  6526 accordingly, while Option.map replaces apsome.
  6527 
  6528 * Pure/library.ML: the exception LIST has been given up in favour of
  6529 the standard exceptions Empty and Subscript, as well as
  6530 Library.UnequalLengths.  Function like Library.hd and Library.tl are
  6531 superceded by the standard hd and tl functions etc.
  6532 
  6533 A number of basic list functions are no longer exported to the ML
  6534 toplevel, as they are variants of predefined functions.  The following
  6535 suggests how one can translate existing code:
  6536 
  6537     rev_append xs ys = List.revAppend (xs, ys)
  6538     nth_elem (i, xs) = List.nth (xs, i)
  6539     last_elem xs = List.last xs
  6540     flat xss = List.concat xss
  6541     seq fs = List.app fs
  6542     partition P xs = List.partition P xs
  6543     mapfilter f xs = List.mapPartial f xs
  6544 
  6545 * Pure/library.ML: several combinators for linear functional
  6546 transformations, notably reverse application and composition:
  6547 
  6548   x |> f                f #> g
  6549   (x, y) |-> f          f #-> g
  6550 
  6551 * Pure/library.ML: introduced/changed precedence of infix operators:
  6552 
  6553   infix 1 |> |-> ||> ||>> |>> |>>> #> #->;
  6554   infix 2 ?;
  6555   infix 3 o oo ooo oooo;
  6556   infix 4 ~~ upto downto;
  6557 
  6558 Maybe INCOMPATIBILITY when any of those is used in conjunction with other
  6559 infix operators.
  6560 
  6561 * Pure/library.ML: natural list combinators fold, fold_rev, and
  6562 fold_map support linear functional transformations and nesting.  For
  6563 example:
  6564 
  6565   fold f [x1, ..., xN] y =
  6566     y |> f x1 |> ... |> f xN
  6567 
  6568   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] y =
  6569     y |> fold f xs1 |> ... |> fold f xsN
  6570 
  6571   fold f [x1, ..., xN] =
  6572     f x1 #> ... #> f xN
  6573 
  6574   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] =
  6575     fold f xs1 #> ... #> fold f xsN
  6576 
  6577 * Pure/library.ML: the following selectors on type 'a option are
  6578 available:
  6579 
  6580   the:               'a option -> 'a  (*partial*)
  6581   these:             'a option -> 'a  where 'a = 'b list
  6582   the_default: 'a -> 'a option -> 'a
  6583   the_list:          'a option -> 'a list
  6584 
  6585 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6586 basic operations for association lists, following natural argument
  6587 order; moreover the explicit equality predicate passed here avoids
  6588 potentially expensive polymorphic runtime equality checks.
  6589 The old functions may be expressed as follows:
  6590 
  6591   assoc = uncurry (AList.lookup (op =))
  6592   assocs = these oo AList.lookup (op =)
  6593   overwrite = uncurry (AList.update (op =)) o swap
  6594 
  6595 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6596 
  6597   val make: ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> ('a * 'b) list
  6598   val find: ('a * 'b -> bool) -> ('c * 'b) list -> 'a -> 'c list
  6599 
  6600 replacing make_keylist and keyfilter (occassionally used)
  6601 Naive rewrites:
  6602 
  6603   make_keylist = AList.make
  6604   keyfilter = AList.find (op =)
  6605 
  6606 * eq_fst and eq_snd now take explicit equality parameter, thus
  6607   avoiding eqtypes. Naive rewrites:
  6608 
  6609     eq_fst = eq_fst (op =)
  6610     eq_snd = eq_snd (op =)
  6611 
  6612 * Removed deprecated apl and apr (rarely used).
  6613   Naive rewrites:
  6614 
  6615     apl (n, op) =>>= curry op n
  6616     apr (op, m) =>>= fn n => op (n, m)
  6617 
  6618 * Pure/General: structure OrdList (cf. Pure/General/ord_list.ML)
  6619 provides a reasonably efficient light-weight implementation of sets as
  6620 lists.
  6621 
  6622 * Pure/General: generic tables (cf. Pure/General/table.ML) provide a
  6623 few new operations; existing lookup and update are now curried to
  6624 follow natural argument order (for use with fold etc.);
  6625 INCOMPATIBILITY, use (uncurry Symtab.lookup) etc. as last resort.
  6626 
  6627 * Pure/General: output via the Isabelle channels of
  6628 writeln/warning/error etc. is now passed through Output.output, with a
  6629 hook for arbitrary transformations depending on the print_mode
  6630 (cf. Output.add_mode -- the first active mode that provides a output
  6631 function wins).  Already formatted output may be embedded into further
  6632 text via Output.raw; the result of Pretty.string_of/str_of and derived
  6633 functions (string_of_term/cterm/thm etc.) is already marked raw to
  6634 accommodate easy composition of diagnostic messages etc.  Programmers
  6635 rarely need to care about Output.output or Output.raw at all, with
  6636 some notable exceptions: Output.output is required when bypassing the
  6637 standard channels (writeln etc.), or in token translations to produce
  6638 properly formatted results; Output.raw is required when capturing
  6639 already output material that will eventually be presented to the user
  6640 a second time.  For the default print mode, both Output.output and
  6641 Output.raw have no effect.
  6642 
  6643 * Pure/General: Output.time_accumulator NAME creates an operator ('a
  6644 -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b to measure runtime and count invocations; the
  6645 cumulative results are displayed at the end of a batch session.
  6646 
  6647 * Pure/General: File.sysify_path and File.quote_sysify path have been
  6648 replaced by File.platform_path and File.shell_path (with appropriate
  6649 hooks).  This provides a clean interface for unusual systems where the
  6650 internal and external process view of file names are different.
  6651 
  6652 * Pure: more efficient orders for basic syntactic entities: added
  6653 fast_string_ord, fast_indexname_ord, fast_term_ord; changed sort_ord
  6654 and typ_ord to use fast_string_ord and fast_indexname_ord (term_ord is
  6655 NOT affected); structures Symtab, Vartab, Typtab, Termtab use the fast
  6656 orders now -- potential INCOMPATIBILITY for code that depends on a
  6657 particular order for Symtab.keys, Symtab.dest, etc. (consider using
  6658 Library.sort_strings on result).
  6659 
  6660 * Pure/term.ML: combinators fold_atyps, fold_aterms, fold_term_types,
  6661 fold_types traverse types/terms from left to right, observing natural
  6662 argument order.  Supercedes previous foldl_XXX versions, add_frees,
  6663 add_vars etc. have been adapted as well: INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6664 
  6665 * Pure: name spaces have been refined, with significant changes of the
  6666 internal interfaces -- INCOMPATIBILITY.  Renamed cond_extern(_table)
  6667 to extern(_table).  The plain name entry path is superceded by a
  6668 general 'naming' context, which also includes the 'policy' to produce
  6669 a fully qualified name and external accesses of a fully qualified
  6670 name; NameSpace.extend is superceded by context dependent
  6671 Sign.declare_name.  Several theory and proof context operations modify
  6672 the naming context.  Especially note Theory.restore_naming and
  6673 ProofContext.restore_naming to get back to a sane state; note that
  6674 Theory.add_path is no longer sufficient to recover from
  6675 Theory.absolute_path in particular.
  6676 
  6677 * Pure: new flags short_names (default false) and unique_names
  6678 (default true) for controlling output of qualified names.  If
  6679 short_names is set, names are printed unqualified.  If unique_names is
  6680 reset, the name prefix is reduced to the minimum required to achieve
  6681 the original result when interning again, even if there is an overlap
  6682 with earlier declarations.
  6683 
  6684 * Pure/TheoryDataFun: change of the argument structure; 'prep_ext' is
  6685 now 'extend', and 'merge' gets an additional Pretty.pp argument
  6686 (useful for printing error messages).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6687 
  6688 * Pure: major reorganization of the theory context.  Type Sign.sg and
  6689 Theory.theory are now identified, referring to the universal
  6690 Context.theory (see Pure/context.ML).  Actual signature and theory
  6691 content is managed as theory data.  The old code and interfaces were
  6692 spread over many files and structures; the new arrangement introduces
  6693 considerable INCOMPATIBILITY to gain more clarity:
  6694 
  6695   Context -- theory management operations (name, identity, inclusion,
  6696     parents, ancestors, merge, etc.), plus generic theory data;
  6697 
  6698   Sign -- logical signature and syntax operations (declaring consts,
  6699     types, etc.), plus certify/read for common entities;
  6700 
  6701   Theory -- logical theory operations (stating axioms, definitions,
  6702     oracles), plus a copy of logical signature operations (consts,
  6703     types, etc.); also a few basic management operations (Theory.copy,
  6704     Theory.merge, etc.)
  6705 
  6706 The most basic sign_of operations (Theory.sign_of, Thm.sign_of_thm
  6707 etc.) as well as the sign field in Thm.rep_thm etc. have been retained
  6708 for convenience -- they merely return the theory.
  6709 
  6710 * Pure: type Type.tsig is superceded by theory in most interfaces.
  6711 
  6712 * Pure: the Isar proof context type is already defined early in Pure
  6713 as Context.proof (note that ProofContext.context and Proof.context are
  6714 aliases, where the latter is the preferred name).  This enables other
  6715 Isabelle components to refer to that type even before Isar is present.
  6716 
  6717 * Pure/sign/theory: discontinued named name spaces (i.e. classK,
  6718 typeK, constK, axiomK, oracleK), but provide explicit operations for
  6719 any of these kinds.  For example, Sign.intern typeK is now
  6720 Sign.intern_type, Theory.hide_space Sign.typeK is now
  6721 Theory.hide_types.  Also note that former
  6722 Theory.hide_classes/types/consts are now
  6723 Theory.hide_classes_i/types_i/consts_i, while the non '_i' versions
  6724 internalize their arguments!  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6725 
  6726 * Pure: get_thm interface (of PureThy and ProofContext) expects
  6727 datatype thmref (with constructors Name and NameSelection) instead of
  6728 plain string -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  6729 
  6730 * Pure: cases produced by proof methods specify options, where NONE
  6731 means to remove case bindings -- INCOMPATIBILITY in
  6732 (RAW_)METHOD_CASES.
  6733 
  6734 * Pure: the following operations retrieve axioms or theorems from a
  6735 theory node or theory hierarchy, respectively:
  6736 
  6737   Theory.axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6738   Theory.all_axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6739   PureThy.thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6740   PureThy.all_thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6741 
  6742 * Pure: print_tac now outputs the goal through the trace channel.
  6743 
  6744 * Isar toplevel: improved diagnostics, mostly for Poly/ML only.
  6745 Reference Toplevel.debug (default false) controls detailed printing
  6746 and tracing of low-level exceptions; Toplevel.profiling (default 0)
  6747 controls execution profiling -- set to 1 for time and 2 for space
  6748 (both increase the runtime).
  6749 
  6750 * Isar session: The initial use of ROOT.ML is now always timed,
  6751 i.e. the log will show the actual process times, in contrast to the
  6752 elapsed wall-clock time that the outer shell wrapper produces.
  6753 
  6754 * Simplifier: improved handling of bound variables (nameless
  6755 representation, avoid allocating new strings).  Simprocs that invoke
  6756 the Simplifier recursively should use Simplifier.inherit_bounds to
  6757 avoid local name clashes.  Failure to do so produces warnings
  6758 "Simplifier: renamed bound variable ..."; set Simplifier.debug_bounds
  6759 for further details.
  6760 
  6761 * ML functions legacy_bindings and use_legacy_bindings produce ML fact
  6762 bindings for all theorems stored within a given theory; this may help
  6763 in porting non-Isar theories to Isar ones, while keeping ML proof
  6764 scripts for the time being.
  6765 
  6766 * ML operator HTML.with_charset specifies the charset begin used for
  6767 generated HTML files.  For example:
  6768 
  6769   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Hebrew";
  6770   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Chinese";
  6771 
  6772 
  6773 *** System ***
  6774 
  6775 * Allow symlinks to all proper Isabelle executables (Isabelle,
  6776 isabelle, isatool etc.).
  6777 
  6778 * ISABELLE_DOC_FORMAT setting specifies preferred document format (for
  6779 isatool doc, isatool mkdir, display_drafts etc.).
  6780 
  6781 * isatool usedir: option -f allows specification of the ML file to be
  6782 used by Isabelle; default is ROOT.ML.
  6783 
  6784 * New isatool version outputs the version identifier of the Isabelle
  6785 distribution being used.
  6786 
  6787 * HOL: new isatool dimacs2hol converts files in DIMACS CNF format
  6788 (containing Boolean satisfiability problems) into Isabelle/HOL
  6789 theories.
  6790 
  6791 
  6792 
  6793 New in Isabelle2004 (April 2004)
  6794 --------------------------------
  6795 
  6796 *** General ***
  6797 
  6798 * Provers/order.ML:  new efficient reasoner for partial and linear orders.
  6799   Replaces linorder.ML.
  6800 
  6801 * Pure: Greek letters (except small lambda, \<lambda>), as well as Gothic
  6802   (\<aa>...\<zz>\<AA>...\<ZZ>), calligraphic (\<A>...\<Z>), and Euler
  6803   (\<a>...\<z>), are now considered normal letters, and can therefore
  6804   be used anywhere where an ASCII letter (a...zA...Z) has until
  6805   now. COMPATIBILITY: This obviously changes the parsing of some
  6806   terms, especially where a symbol has been used as a binder, say
  6807   '\<Pi>x. ...', which is now a type error since \<Pi>x will be parsed
  6808   as an identifier.  Fix it by inserting a space around former
  6809   symbols.  Call 'isatool fixgreek' to try to fix parsing errors in
  6810   existing theory and ML files.
  6811 
  6812 * Pure: Macintosh and Windows line-breaks are now allowed in theory files.
  6813 
  6814 * Pure: single letter sub/superscripts (\<^isub> and \<^isup>) are now
  6815   allowed in identifiers. Similar to Greek letters \<^isub> is now considered
  6816   a normal (but invisible) letter. For multiple letter subscripts repeat
  6817   \<^isub> like this: x\<^isub>1\<^isub>2.
  6818 
  6819 * Pure: There are now sub-/superscripts that can span more than one
  6820   character. Text between \<^bsub> and \<^esub> is set in subscript in
  6821   ProofGeneral and LaTeX, text between \<^bsup> and \<^esup> in
  6822   superscript. The new control characters are not identifier parts.
  6823 
  6824 * Pure: Control-symbols of the form \<^raw:...> will literally print the
  6825   content of "..." to the latex file instead of \isacntrl... . The "..."
  6826   may consist of any printable characters excluding the end bracket >.
  6827 
  6828 * Pure: Using new Isar command "finalconsts" (or the ML functions
  6829   Theory.add_finals or Theory.add_finals_i) it is now possible to
  6830   declare constants "final", which prevents their being given a definition
  6831   later.  It is useful for constants whose behaviour is fixed axiomatically
  6832   rather than definitionally, such as the meta-logic connectives.
  6833 
  6834 * Pure: 'instance' now handles general arities with general sorts
  6835   (i.e. intersections of classes),
  6836 
  6837 * Presentation: generated HTML now uses a CSS style sheet to make layout
  6838   (somewhat) independent of content. It is copied from lib/html/isabelle.css.
  6839   It can be changed to alter the colors/layout of generated pages.
  6840 
  6841 
  6842 *** Isar ***
  6843 
  6844 * Tactic emulation methods rule_tac, erule_tac, drule_tac, frule_tac,
  6845   cut_tac, subgoal_tac and thin_tac:
  6846   - Now understand static (Isar) contexts.  As a consequence, users of Isar
  6847     locales are no longer forced to write Isar proof scripts.
  6848     For details see Isar Reference Manual, paragraph 4.3.2: Further tactic
  6849     emulations.
  6850   - INCOMPATIBILITY: names of variables to be instantiated may no
  6851     longer be enclosed in quotes.  Instead, precede variable name with `?'.
  6852     This is consistent with the instantiation attribute "where".
  6853 
  6854 * Attributes "where" and "of":
  6855   - Now take type variables of instantiated theorem into account when reading
  6856     the instantiation string.  This fixes a bug that caused instantiated
  6857     theorems to have too special types in some circumstances.
  6858   - "where" permits explicit instantiations of type variables.
  6859 
  6860 * Calculation commands "moreover" and "also" no longer interfere with
  6861   current facts ("this"), admitting arbitrary combinations with "then"
  6862   and derived forms.
  6863 
  6864 * Locales:
  6865   - Goal statements involving the context element "includes" no longer
  6866     generate theorems with internal delta predicates (those ending on
  6867     "_axioms") in the premise.
  6868     Resolve particular premise with <locale>.intro to obtain old form.
  6869   - Fixed bug in type inference ("unify_frozen") that prevented mix of target
  6870     specification and "includes" elements in goal statement.
  6871   - Rule sets <locale>.intro and <locale>.axioms no longer declared as
  6872     [intro?] and [elim?] (respectively) by default.
  6873   - Experimental command for instantiation of locales in proof contexts:
  6874         instantiate <label>[<attrs>]: <loc>
  6875     Instantiates locale <loc> and adds all its theorems to the current context
  6876     taking into account their attributes.  Label and attrs are optional
  6877     modifiers, like in theorem declarations.  If present, names of
  6878     instantiated theorems are qualified with <label>, and the attributes
  6879     <attrs> are applied after any attributes these theorems might have already.
  6880       If the locale has assumptions, a chained fact of the form
  6881     "<loc> t1 ... tn" is expected from which instantiations of the parameters
  6882     are derived.  The command does not support old-style locales declared
  6883     with "locale (open)".
  6884       A few (very simple) examples can be found in FOL/ex/LocaleInst.thy.
  6885 
  6886 * HOL: Tactic emulation methods induct_tac and case_tac understand static
  6887   (Isar) contexts.
  6888 
  6889 
  6890 *** HOL ***
  6891 
  6892 * Proof import: new image HOL4 contains the imported library from
  6893   the HOL4 system with about 2500 theorems. It is imported by
  6894   replaying proof terms produced by HOL4 in Isabelle. The HOL4 image
  6895   can be used like any other Isabelle image.  See
  6896   HOL/Import/HOL/README for more information.
  6897 
  6898 * Simplifier:
  6899   - Much improved handling of linear and partial orders.
  6900     Reasoners for linear and partial orders are set up for type classes
  6901     "linorder" and "order" respectively, and are added to the default simpset
  6902     as solvers.  This means that the simplifier can build transitivity chains
  6903     to solve goals from the assumptions.
  6904   - INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break occasionally.  Typically, applications
  6905     of blast or auto after simplification become unnecessary because the goal
  6906     is solved by simplification already.
  6907 
  6908 * Numerics: new theory Ring_and_Field contains over 250 basic numerical laws,
  6909     all proved in axiomatic type classes for semirings, rings and fields.
  6910 
  6911 * Numerics:
  6912   - Numeric types (nat, int, and in HOL-Complex rat, real, complex, etc.) are
  6913     now formalized using the Ring_and_Field theory mentioned above.
  6914   - INCOMPATIBILITY: simplification and arithmetic behaves somewhat differently
  6915     than before, because now they are set up once in a generic manner.
  6916   - INCOMPATIBILITY: many type-specific arithmetic laws have gone.
  6917     Look for the general versions in Ring_and_Field (and Power if they concern
  6918     exponentiation).
  6919 
  6920 * Type "rat" of the rational numbers is now available in HOL-Complex.
  6921 
  6922 * Records:
  6923   - Record types are now by default printed with their type abbreviation
  6924     instead of the list of all field types. This can be configured via
  6925     the reference "print_record_type_abbr".
  6926   - Simproc "record_upd_simproc" for simplification of multiple updates added
  6927     (not enabled by default).
  6928   - Simproc "record_ex_sel_eq_simproc" to simplify EX x. sel r = x resp.
  6929     EX x. x = sel r to True (not enabled by default).
  6930   - Tactic "record_split_simp_tac" to split and simplify records added.
  6931 
  6932 * 'specification' command added, allowing for definition by
  6933   specification.  There is also an 'ax_specification' command that
  6934   introduces the new constants axiomatically.
  6935 
  6936 * arith(_tac) is now able to generate counterexamples for reals as well.
  6937 
  6938 * HOL-Algebra: new locale "ring" for non-commutative rings.
  6939 
  6940 * HOL-ex: InductiveInvariant_examples illustrates advanced recursive function
  6941   definitions, thanks to Sava Krsti\'{c} and John Matthews.
  6942 
  6943 * HOL-Matrix: a first theory for matrices in HOL with an application of
  6944   matrix theory to linear programming.
  6945 
  6946 * Unions and Intersections:
  6947   The latex output syntax of UN and INT has been changed
  6948   from "\Union x \in A. B" to "\Union_{x \in A} B"
  6949   i.e. the index formulae has become a subscript.
  6950   Similarly for "\Union x. B", and for \Inter instead of \Union.
  6951 
  6952 * Unions and Intersections over Intervals:
  6953   There is new short syntax "UN i<=n. A" for "UN i:{0..n}. A". There is
  6954   also an x-symbol version with subscripts "\<Union>\<^bsub>i <= n\<^esub>. A"
  6955   like in normal math, and corresponding versions for < and for intersection.
  6956 
  6957 * HOL/List: Ordering "lexico" is renamed "lenlex" and the standard
  6958   lexicographic dictonary ordering has been added as "lexord".
  6959 
  6960 * ML: the legacy theory structures Int and List have been removed. They had
  6961   conflicted with ML Basis Library structures having the same names.
  6962 
  6963 * 'refute' command added to search for (finite) countermodels.  Only works
  6964   for a fragment of HOL.  The installation of an external SAT solver is
  6965   highly recommended.  See "HOL/Refute.thy" for details.
  6966 
  6967 * 'quickcheck' command: Allows to find counterexamples by evaluating
  6968   formulae under an assignment of free variables to random values.
  6969   In contrast to 'refute', it can deal with inductive datatypes,
  6970   but cannot handle quantifiers. See "HOL/ex/Quickcheck_Examples.thy"
  6971   for examples.
  6972 
  6973 
  6974 *** HOLCF ***
  6975 
  6976 * Streams now come with concatenation and are part of the HOLCF image
  6977 
  6978 
  6979 
  6980 New in Isabelle2003 (May 2003)
  6981 ------------------------------
  6982 
  6983 *** General ***
  6984 
  6985 * Provers/simplifier:
  6986 
  6987   - Completely reimplemented method simp (ML: Asm_full_simp_tac):
  6988     Assumptions are now subject to complete mutual simplification,
  6989     not just from left to right. The simplifier now preserves
  6990     the order of assumptions.
  6991 
  6992     Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6993 
  6994     -- simp sometimes diverges where the old version did
  6995        not, e.g. invoking simp on the goal
  6996 
  6997         [| P (f x); y = x; f x = f y |] ==> Q
  6998 
  6999        now gives rise to the infinite reduction sequence
  7000 
  7001         P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> P(f y) --(y = x)--> P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> ...
  7002 
  7003        Using "simp (asm_lr)" (ML: Asm_lr_simp_tac) instead often solves this
  7004        kind of problem.
  7005 
  7006     -- Tactics combining classical reasoner and simplification (such as auto)
  7007        are also affected by this change, because many of them rely on
  7008        simp. They may sometimes diverge as well or yield a different numbers
  7009        of subgoals. Try to use e.g. force, fastsimp, or safe instead of auto
  7010        in case of problems. Sometimes subsequent calls to the classical
  7011        reasoner will fail because a preceeding call to the simplifier too
  7012        eagerly simplified the goal, e.g. deleted redundant premises.
  7013 
  7014   - The simplifier trace now shows the names of the applied rewrite rules
  7015 
  7016   - You can limit the number of recursive invocations of the simplifier
  7017     during conditional rewriting (where the simplifie tries to solve the
  7018     conditions before applying the rewrite rule):
  7019     ML "simp_depth_limit := n"
  7020     where n is an integer. Thus you can force termination where previously
  7021     the simplifier would diverge.
  7022 
  7023   - Accepts free variables as head terms in congruence rules.  Useful in Isar.
  7024 
  7025   - No longer aborts on failed congruence proof.  Instead, the
  7026     congruence is ignored.
  7027 
  7028 * Pure: New generic framework for extracting programs from constructive
  7029   proofs. See HOL/Extraction.thy for an example instantiation, as well
  7030   as HOL/Extraction for some case studies.
  7031 
  7032 * Pure: The main goal of the proof state is no longer shown by default, only
  7033 the subgoals. This behaviour is controlled by a new flag.
  7034    PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Settings -> Show Main Goal
  7035 (ML: Proof.show_main_goal).
  7036 
  7037 * Pure: You can find all matching introduction rules for subgoal 1, i.e. all
  7038 rules whose conclusion matches subgoal 1:
  7039       PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Show me -> matching rules
  7040 The rules are ordered by how closely they match the subgoal.
  7041 In particular, rules that solve a subgoal outright are displayed first
  7042 (or rather last, the way they are printed).
  7043 (ML: ProofGeneral.print_intros())
  7044 
  7045 * Pure: New flag trace_unify_fail causes unification to print
  7046 diagnostic information (PG: in trace buffer) when it fails. This is
  7047 useful for figuring out why single step proofs like rule, erule or
  7048 assumption failed.
  7049 
  7050 * Pure: Locale specifications now produce predicate definitions
  7051 according to the body of text (covering assumptions modulo local
  7052 definitions); predicate "loc_axioms" covers newly introduced text,
  7053 while "loc" is cumulative wrt. all included locale expressions; the
  7054 latter view is presented only on export into the global theory
  7055 context; potential INCOMPATIBILITY, use "(open)" option to fall back
  7056 on the old view without predicates;
  7057 
  7058 * Pure: predefined locales "var" and "struct" are useful for sharing
  7059 parameters (as in CASL, for example); just specify something like
  7060 ``var x + var y + struct M'' as import;
  7061 
  7062 * Pure: improved thms_containing: proper indexing of facts instead of
  7063 raw theorems; check validity of results wrt. current name space;
  7064 include local facts of proof configuration (also covers active
  7065 locales), cover fixed variables in index; may use "_" in term
  7066 specification; an optional limit for the number of printed facts may
  7067 be given (the default is 40);
  7068 
  7069 * Pure: disallow duplicate fact bindings within new-style theory files
  7070 (batch-mode only);
  7071 
  7072 * Provers: improved induct method: assumptions introduced by case
  7073 "foo" are split into "foo.hyps" (from the rule) and "foo.prems" (from
  7074 the goal statement); "foo" still refers to all facts collectively;
  7075 
  7076 * Provers: the function blast.overloaded has been removed: all constants
  7077 are regarded as potentially overloaded, which improves robustness in exchange
  7078 for slight decrease in efficiency;
  7079 
  7080 * Provers/linorder: New generic prover for transitivity reasoning over
  7081 linear orders.  Note: this prover is not efficient!
  7082 
  7083 * Isar: preview of problems to finish 'show' now produce an error
  7084 rather than just a warning (in interactive mode);
  7085 
  7086 
  7087 *** HOL ***
  7088 
  7089 * arith(_tac)
  7090 
  7091  - Produces a counter example if it cannot prove a goal.
  7092    Note that the counter example may be spurious if the goal is not a formula
  7093    of quantifier-free linear arithmetic.
  7094    In ProofGeneral the counter example appears in the trace buffer.
  7095 
  7096  - Knows about div k and mod k where k is a numeral of type nat or int.
  7097 
  7098  - Calls full Presburger arithmetic (by Amine Chaieb) if quantifier-free
  7099    linear arithmetic fails. This takes account of quantifiers and divisibility.
  7100    Presburger arithmetic can also be called explicitly via presburger(_tac).
  7101 
  7102 * simp's arithmetic capabilities have been enhanced a bit: it now
  7103 takes ~= in premises into account (by performing a case split);
  7104 
  7105 * simp reduces "m*(n div m) + n mod m" to n, even if the two summands
  7106 are distributed over a sum of terms;
  7107 
  7108 * New tactic "trans_tac" and method "trans" instantiate
  7109 Provers/linorder.ML for axclasses "order" and "linorder" (predicates
  7110 "<=", "<" and "=").
  7111 
  7112 * function INCOMPATIBILITIES: Pi-sets have been redefined and moved from main
  7113 HOL to Library/FuncSet; constant "Fun.op o" is now called "Fun.comp";
  7114 
  7115 * 'typedef' command has new option "open" to suppress the set
  7116 definition;
  7117 
  7118 * functions Min and Max on finite sets have been introduced (theory
  7119 Finite_Set);
  7120 
  7121 * attribute [symmetric] now works for relations as well; it turns
  7122 (x,y) : R^-1 into (y,x) : R, and vice versa;
  7123 
  7124 * induct over a !!-quantified statement (say !!x1..xn):
  7125   each "case" automatically performs "fix x1 .. xn" with exactly those names.
  7126 
  7127 * Map: `empty' is no longer a constant but a syntactic abbreviation for
  7128 %x. None. Warning: empty_def now refers to the previously hidden definition
  7129 of the empty set.
  7130 
  7131 * Algebra: formalization of classical algebra.  Intended as base for
  7132 any algebraic development in Isabelle.  Currently covers group theory
  7133 (up to Sylow's theorem) and ring theory (Universal Property of
  7134 Univariate Polynomials).  Contributions welcome;
  7135 
  7136 * GroupTheory: deleted, since its material has been moved to Algebra;
  7137 
  7138 * Complex: new directory of the complex numbers with numeric constants,
  7139 nonstandard complex numbers, and some complex analysis, standard and
  7140 nonstandard (Jacques Fleuriot);
  7141 
  7142 * HOL-Complex: new image for analysis, replacing HOL-Real and HOL-Hyperreal;
  7143 
  7144 * Hyperreal: introduced Gauge integration and hyperreal logarithms (Jacques
  7145 Fleuriot);
  7146 
  7147 * Real/HahnBanach: updated and adapted to locales;
  7148 
  7149 * NumberTheory: added Gauss's law of quadratic reciprocity (by Avigad,
  7150 Gray and Kramer);
  7151 
  7152 * UNITY: added the Meier-Sanders theory of progress sets;
  7153 
  7154 * MicroJava: bytecode verifier and lightweight bytecode verifier
  7155 as abstract algorithms, instantiated to the JVM;
  7156 
  7157 * Bali: Java source language formalization. Type system, operational
  7158 semantics, axiomatic semantics. Supported language features:
  7159 classes, interfaces, objects,virtual methods, static methods,
  7160 static/instance fields, arrays, access modifiers, definite
  7161 assignment, exceptions.
  7162 
  7163 
  7164 *** ZF ***
  7165 
  7166 * ZF/Constructible: consistency proof for AC (Gdel's constructible
  7167 universe, etc.);
  7168 
  7169 * Main ZF: virtually all theories converted to new-style format;
  7170 
  7171 
  7172 *** ML ***
  7173 
  7174 * Pure: Tactic.prove provides sane interface for internal proofs;
  7175 omits the infamous "standard" operation, so this is more appropriate
  7176 than prove_goalw_cterm in many situations (e.g. in simprocs);
  7177 
  7178 * Pure: improved error reporting of simprocs;
  7179 
  7180 * Provers: Simplifier.simproc(_i) provides sane interface for setting
  7181 up simprocs;
  7182 
  7183 
  7184 *** Document preparation ***
  7185 
  7186 * uses \par instead of \\ for line breaks in theory text. This may
  7187 shift some page breaks in large documents. To get the old behaviour
  7188 use \renewcommand{\isanewline}{\mbox{}\\\mbox{}} in root.tex.
  7189 
  7190 * minimized dependencies of isabelle.sty and isabellesym.sty on
  7191 other packages
  7192 
  7193 * \<euro> now needs package babel/greek instead of marvosym (which
  7194 broke \Rightarrow)
  7195 
  7196 * normal size for \<zero>...\<nine> (uses \mathbf instead of
  7197 textcomp package)
  7198 
  7199 
  7200 
  7201 New in Isabelle2002 (March 2002)
  7202 --------------------------------
  7203 
  7204 *** Document preparation ***
  7205 
  7206 * greatly simplified document preparation setup, including more
  7207 graceful interpretation of isatool usedir -i/-d/-D options, and more
  7208 instructive isatool mkdir; users should basically be able to get
  7209 started with "isatool mkdir HOL Test && isatool make"; alternatively,
  7210 users may run a separate document processing stage manually like this:
  7211 "isatool usedir -D output HOL Test && isatool document Test/output";
  7212 
  7213 * theory dependency graph may now be incorporated into documents;
  7214 isatool usedir -g true will produce session_graph.eps/.pdf for use
  7215 with \includegraphics of LaTeX;
  7216 
  7217 * proper spacing of consecutive markup elements, especially text
  7218 blocks after section headings;
  7219 
  7220 * support bold style (for single symbols only), input syntax is like
  7221 this: "\<^bold>\<alpha>" or "\<^bold>A";
  7222 
  7223 * \<bullet> is now output as bold \cdot by default, which looks much
  7224 better in printed text;
  7225 
  7226 * added default LaTeX bindings for \<tturnstile> and \<TTurnstile>;
  7227 note that these symbols are currently unavailable in Proof General /
  7228 X-Symbol; new symbols \<zero>, \<one>, ..., \<nine>, and \<euro>;
  7229 
  7230 * isatool latex no longer depends on changed TEXINPUTS, instead
  7231 isatool document copies the Isabelle style files to the target
  7232 location;
  7233 
  7234 
  7235 *** Isar ***
  7236 
  7237 * Pure/Provers: improved proof by cases and induction;
  7238   - 'case' command admits impromptu naming of parameters (such as
  7239     "case (Suc n)");
  7240   - 'induct' method divinates rule instantiation from the inductive
  7241     claim; no longer requires excessive ?P bindings for proper
  7242     instantiation of cases;
  7243   - 'induct' method properly enumerates all possibilities of set/type
  7244     rules; as a consequence facts may be also passed through *type*
  7245     rules without further ado;
  7246   - 'induct' method now derives symbolic cases from the *rulified*
  7247     rule (before it used to rulify cases stemming from the internal
  7248     atomized version); this means that the context of a non-atomic
  7249     statement becomes is included in the hypothesis, avoiding the
  7250     slightly cumbersome show "PROP ?case" form;
  7251   - 'induct' may now use elim-style induction rules without chaining
  7252     facts, using ``missing'' premises from the goal state; this allows
  7253     rules stemming from inductive sets to be applied in unstructured
  7254     scripts, while still benefitting from proper handling of non-atomic
  7255     statements; NB: major inductive premises need to be put first, all
  7256     the rest of the goal is passed through the induction;
  7257   - 'induct' proper support for mutual induction involving non-atomic
  7258     rule statements (uses the new concept of simultaneous goals, see
  7259     below);
  7260   - append all possible rule selections, but only use the first
  7261     success (no backtracking);
  7262   - removed obsolete "(simplified)" and "(stripped)" options of methods;
  7263   - undeclared rule case names default to numbers 1, 2, 3, ...;
  7264   - added 'print_induct_rules' (covered by help item in recent Proof
  7265     General versions);
  7266   - moved induct/cases attributes to Pure, methods to Provers;
  7267   - generic method setup instantiated for FOL and HOL;
  7268 
  7269 * Pure: support multiple simultaneous goal statements, for example
  7270 "have a: A and b: B" (same for 'theorem' etc.); being a pure
  7271 meta-level mechanism, this acts as if several individual goals had
  7272 been stated separately; in particular common proof methods need to be
  7273 repeated in order to cover all claims; note that a single elimination
  7274 step is *not* sufficient to establish the two conjunctions, so this
  7275 fails:
  7276 
  7277   assume "A & B" then have A and B ..   (*".." fails*)
  7278 
  7279 better use "obtain" in situations as above; alternative refer to
  7280 multi-step methods like 'auto', 'simp_all', 'blast+' etc.;
  7281 
  7282 * Pure: proper integration with ``locales''; unlike the original
  7283 version by Florian Kammller, Isar locales package high-level proof
  7284 contexts rather than raw logical ones (e.g. we admit to include
  7285 attributes everywhere); operations on locales include merge and
  7286 rename; support for implicit arguments (``structures''); simultaneous
  7287 type-inference over imports and text; see also HOL/ex/Locales.thy for
  7288 some examples;
  7289 
  7290 * Pure: the following commands have been ``localized'', supporting a
  7291 target locale specification "(in name)": 'lemma', 'theorem',
  7292 'corollary', 'lemmas', 'theorems', 'declare'; the results will be
  7293 stored both within the locale and at the theory level (exported and
  7294 qualified by the locale name);
  7295 
  7296 * Pure: theory goals may now be specified in ``long'' form, with
  7297 ad-hoc contexts consisting of arbitrary locale elements. for example
  7298 ``lemma foo: fixes x assumes "A x" shows "B x"'' (local syntax and
  7299 definitions may be given, too); the result is a meta-level rule with
  7300 the context elements being discharged in the obvious way;
  7301 
  7302 * Pure: new proof command 'using' allows to augment currently used
  7303 facts after a goal statement ('using' is syntactically analogous to
  7304 'apply', but acts on the goal's facts only); this allows chained facts
  7305 to be separated into parts given before and after a claim, as in
  7306 ``from a and b have C using d and e <proof>'';
  7307 
  7308 * Pure: renamed "antecedent" case to "rule_context";
  7309 
  7310 * Pure: new 'judgment' command records explicit information about the
  7311 object-logic embedding (used by several tools internally); no longer
  7312 use hard-wired "Trueprop";
  7313 
  7314 * Pure: added 'corollary' command;
  7315 
  7316 * Pure: fixed 'token_translation' command;
  7317 
  7318 * Pure: removed obsolete 'exported' attribute;
  7319 
  7320 * Pure: dummy pattern "_" in is/let is now automatically lifted over
  7321 bound variables: "ALL x. P x --> Q x" (is "ALL x. _ --> ?C x")
  7322 supersedes more cumbersome ... (is "ALL x. _ x --> ?C x");
  7323 
  7324 * Pure: method 'atomize' presents local goal premises as object-level
  7325 statements (atomic meta-level propositions); setup controlled via
  7326 rewrite rules declarations of 'atomize' attribute; example
  7327 application: 'induct' method with proper rule statements in improper
  7328 proof *scripts*;
  7329 
  7330 * Pure: emulation of instantiation tactics (rule_tac, cut_tac, etc.)
  7331 now consider the syntactic context of assumptions, giving a better
  7332 chance to get type-inference of the arguments right (this is
  7333 especially important for locales);
  7334 
  7335 * Pure: "sorry" no longer requires quick_and_dirty in interactive
  7336 mode;
  7337 
  7338 * Pure/obtain: the formal conclusion "thesis", being marked as
  7339 ``internal'', may no longer be reference directly in the text;
  7340 potential INCOMPATIBILITY, may need to use "?thesis" in rare
  7341 situations;
  7342 
  7343 * Pure: generic 'sym' attribute which declares a rule both as pure
  7344 'elim?' and for the 'symmetric' operation;
  7345 
  7346 * Pure: marginal comments ``--'' may now occur just anywhere in the
  7347 text; the fixed correlation with particular command syntax has been
  7348 discontinued;
  7349 
  7350 * Pure: new method 'rules' is particularly well-suited for proof
  7351 search in intuitionistic logic; a bit slower than 'blast' or 'fast',
  7352 but often produces more compact proof terms with less detours;
  7353 
  7354 * Pure/Provers/classical: simplified integration with pure rule
  7355 attributes and methods; the classical "intro?/elim?/dest?"
  7356 declarations coincide with the pure ones; the "rule" method no longer
  7357 includes classically swapped intros; "intro" and "elim" methods no
  7358 longer pick rules from the context; also got rid of ML declarations
  7359 AddXIs/AddXEs/AddXDs; all of this has some potential for
  7360 INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7361 
  7362 * Provers/classical: attribute 'swapped' produces classical inversions
  7363 of introduction rules;
  7364 
  7365 * Provers/simplifier: 'simplified' attribute may refer to explicit
  7366 rules instead of full simplifier context; 'iff' attribute handles
  7367 conditional rules;
  7368 
  7369 * HOL: 'typedef' now allows alternative names for Rep/Abs morphisms;
  7370 
  7371 * HOL: 'recdef' now fails on unfinished automated proofs, use
  7372 "(permissive)" option to recover old behavior;
  7373 
  7374 * HOL: 'inductive' no longer features separate (collective) attributes
  7375 for 'intros' (was found too confusing);
  7376 
  7377 * HOL: properly declared induction rules less_induct and
  7378 wf_induct_rule;
  7379 
  7380 
  7381 *** HOL ***
  7382 
  7383 * HOL: moved over to sane numeral syntax; the new policy is as
  7384 follows:
  7385 
  7386   - 0 and 1 are polymorphic constants, which are defined on any
  7387   numeric type (nat, int, real etc.);
  7388 
  7389   - 2, 3, 4, ... and -1, -2, -3, ... are polymorphic numerals, based
  7390   binary representation internally;
  7391 
  7392   - type nat has special constructor Suc, and generally prefers Suc 0
  7393   over 1::nat and Suc (Suc 0) over 2::nat;
  7394 
  7395 This change may cause significant problems of INCOMPATIBILITY; here
  7396 are some hints on converting existing sources:
  7397 
  7398   - due to the new "num" token, "-0" and "-1" etc. are now atomic
  7399   entities, so expressions involving "-" (unary or binary minus) need
  7400   to be spaced properly;
  7401 
  7402   - existing occurrences of "1" may need to be constraint "1::nat" or
  7403   even replaced by Suc 0; similar for old "2";
  7404 
  7405   - replace "#nnn" by "nnn", and "#-nnn" by "-nnn";
  7406 
  7407   - remove all special provisions on numerals in proofs;
  7408 
  7409 * HOL: simp rules nat_number expand numerals on nat to Suc/0
  7410 representation (depends on bin_arith_simps in the default context);
  7411 
  7412 * HOL: symbolic syntax for x^2 (numeral 2);
  7413 
  7414 * HOL: the class of all HOL types is now called "type" rather than
  7415 "term"; INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt references to this type class
  7416 in axclass/classes, instance/arities, and (usually rare) occurrences
  7417 in typings (of consts etc.); internally the class is called
  7418 "HOL.type", ML programs should refer to HOLogic.typeS;
  7419 
  7420 * HOL/record package improvements:
  7421   - new derived operations "fields" to build a partial record section,
  7422     "extend" to promote a fixed record to a record scheme, and
  7423     "truncate" for the reverse; cf. theorems "xxx.defs", which are *not*
  7424     declared as simp by default;
  7425   - shared operations ("more", "fields", etc.) now need to be always
  7426     qualified) --- potential INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7427   - removed "make_scheme" operations (use "make" with "extend") --
  7428     INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7429   - removed "more" class (simply use "term") -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7430   - provides cases/induct rules for use with corresponding Isar
  7431     methods (for concrete records, record schemes, concrete more
  7432     parts, and schematic more parts -- in that order);
  7433   - internal definitions directly based on a light-weight abstract
  7434     theory of product types over typedef rather than datatype;
  7435 
  7436 * HOL: generic code generator for generating executable ML code from
  7437 specifications; specific support for HOL constructs such as inductive
  7438 datatypes and sets, as well as recursive functions; can be invoked
  7439 via 'generate_code' theory section;
  7440 
  7441 * HOL: canonical cases/induct rules for n-tuples (n = 3..7);
  7442 
  7443 * HOL: consolidated and renamed several theories.  In particular:
  7444         Ord.thy has been absorbed into HOL.thy
  7445         String.thy has been absorbed into List.thy
  7446 
  7447 * HOL: concrete setsum syntax "\<Sum>i:A. b" == "setsum (%i. b) A"
  7448 (beware of argument permutation!);
  7449 
  7450 * HOL: linorder_less_split superseded by linorder_cases;
  7451 
  7452 * HOL/List: "nodups" renamed to "distinct";
  7453 
  7454 * HOL: added "The" definite description operator; move Hilbert's "Eps"
  7455 to peripheral theory "Hilbert_Choice"; some INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  7456   - Ex_def has changed, now need to use some_eq_ex
  7457 
  7458 * HOL: made split_all_tac safe; EXISTING PROOFS MAY FAIL OR LOOP, so
  7459 in this (rare) case use:
  7460 
  7461   delSWrapper "split_all_tac"
  7462   addSbefore ("unsafe_split_all_tac", unsafe_split_all_tac)
  7463 
  7464 * HOL: added safe wrapper "split_conv_tac" to claset; EXISTING PROOFS
  7465 MAY FAIL;
  7466 
  7467 * HOL: introduced f^n = f o ... o f; warning: due to the limits of
  7468 Isabelle's type classes, ^ on functions and relations has too general
  7469 a domain, namely ('a * 'b) set and 'a => 'b; this means that it may be
  7470 necessary to attach explicit type constraints;
  7471 
  7472 * HOL/Relation: the prefix name of the infix "O" has been changed from
  7473 "comp" to "rel_comp"; INCOMPATIBILITY: a few theorems have been
  7474 renamed accordingly (eg "compI" -> "rel_compI").
  7475 
  7476 * HOL: syntax translations now work properly with numerals and records
  7477 expressions;
  7478 
  7479 * HOL: bounded abstraction now uses syntax "%" / "\<lambda>" instead
  7480 of "lam" -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7481 
  7482 * HOL: got rid of some global declarations (potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  7483 for ML tools): const "()" renamed "Product_Type.Unity", type "unit"
  7484 renamed "Product_Type.unit";
  7485 
  7486 * HOL: renamed rtrancl_into_rtrancl2 to converse_rtrancl_into_rtrancl
  7487 
  7488 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem "optionE" (use "option.exhaust", or
  7489 the "cases" method);
  7490 
  7491 * HOL/GroupTheory: group theory examples including Sylow's theorem (by
  7492 Florian Kammller);
  7493 
  7494 * HOL/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory format; several
  7495 parts turned into readable document, with proper Isar proof texts and
  7496 some explanations (by Gerwin Klein);
  7497 
  7498 * HOL-Real: added Complex_Numbers (by Gertrud Bauer);
  7499 
  7500 * HOL-Hyperreal is now a logic image;
  7501 
  7502 
  7503 *** HOLCF ***
  7504 
  7505 * Isar: consts/constdefs supports mixfix syntax for continuous
  7506 operations;
  7507 
  7508 * Isar: domain package adapted to new-style theory format, e.g. see
  7509 HOLCF/ex/Dnat.thy;
  7510 
  7511 * theory Lift: proper use of rep_datatype lift instead of ML hacks --
  7512 potential INCOMPATIBILITY; now use plain induct_tac instead of former
  7513 lift.induct_tac, always use UU instead of Undef;
  7514 
  7515 * HOLCF/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory;
  7516 
  7517 
  7518 *** ZF ***
  7519 
  7520 * Isar: proper integration of logic-specific tools and packages,
  7521 including theory commands '(co)inductive', '(co)datatype',
  7522 'rep_datatype', 'inductive_cases', as well as methods 'ind_cases',
  7523 'induct_tac', 'case_tac', and 'typecheck' (with attribute 'TC');
  7524 
  7525 * theory Main no longer includes AC; for the Axiom of Choice, base
  7526 your theory on Main_ZFC;
  7527 
  7528 * the integer library now covers quotients and remainders, with many
  7529 laws relating division to addition, multiplication, etc.;
  7530 
  7531 * ZF/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY is now available in ZF, giving a
  7532 typeless version of the formalism;
  7533 
  7534 * ZF/AC, Coind, IMP, Resid: updated and converted to new-style theory
  7535 format;
  7536 
  7537 * ZF/Induct: new directory for examples of inductive definitions,
  7538 including theory Multiset for multiset orderings; converted to
  7539 new-style theory format;
  7540 
  7541 * ZF: many new theorems about lists, ordinals, etc.;
  7542 
  7543 
  7544 *** General ***
  7545 
  7546 * Pure/kernel: meta-level proof terms (by Stefan Berghofer); reference
  7547 variable proof controls level of detail: 0 = no proofs (only oracle
  7548 dependencies), 1 = lemma dependencies, 2 = compact proof terms; see
  7549 also ref manual for further ML interfaces;
  7550 
  7551 * Pure/axclass: removed obsolete ML interface
  7552 goal_subclass/goal_arity;
  7553 
  7554 * Pure/syntax: new token syntax "num" for plain numerals (without "#"
  7555 of "xnum"); potential INCOMPATIBILITY, since -0, -1 etc. are now
  7556 separate tokens, so expressions involving minus need to be spaced
  7557 properly;
  7558 
  7559 * Pure/syntax: support non-oriented infixes, using keyword "infix"
  7560 rather than "infixl" or "infixr";
  7561 
  7562 * Pure/syntax: concrete syntax for dummy type variables admits genuine
  7563 sort constraint specifications in type inference; e.g. "x::_::foo"
  7564 ensures that the type of "x" is of sort "foo" (but not necessarily a
  7565 type variable);
  7566 
  7567 * Pure/syntax: print modes "type_brackets" and "no_type_brackets"
  7568 control output of nested => (types); the default behavior is
  7569 "type_brackets";
  7570 
  7571 * Pure/syntax: builtin parse translation for "_constify" turns valued
  7572 tokens into AST constants;
  7573 
  7574 * Pure/syntax: prefer later declarations of translations and print
  7575 translation functions; potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to reverse
  7576 multiple declarations for same syntax element constant;
  7577 
  7578 * Pure/show_hyps reset by default (in accordance to existing Isar
  7579 practice);
  7580 
  7581 * Provers/classical: renamed addaltern to addafter, addSaltern to
  7582 addSafter;
  7583 
  7584 * Provers/clasimp: ``iff'' declarations now handle conditional rules
  7585 as well;
  7586 
  7587 * system: tested support for MacOS X; should be able to get Isabelle +
  7588 Proof General to work in a plain Terminal after installing Poly/ML
  7589 (e.g. from the Isabelle distribution area) and GNU bash alone
  7590 (e.g. from http://www.apple.com); full X11, XEmacs and X-Symbol
  7591 support requires further installations, e.g. from
  7592 http://fink.sourceforge.net/);
  7593 
  7594 * system: support Poly/ML 4.1.1 (able to manage larger heaps);
  7595 
  7596 * system: reduced base memory usage by Poly/ML (approx. 20 MB instead
  7597 of 40 MB), cf. ML_OPTIONS;
  7598 
  7599 * system: Proof General keywords specification is now part of the
  7600 Isabelle distribution (see etc/isar-keywords.el);
  7601 
  7602 * system: support for persistent Proof General sessions (refrain from
  7603 outdating all loaded theories on startup); user may create writable
  7604 logic images like this: ``isabelle -q HOL Test'';
  7605 
  7606 * system: smart selection of Isabelle process versus Isabelle
  7607 interface, accommodates case-insensitive file systems (e.g. HFS+); may
  7608 run both "isabelle" and "Isabelle" even if file names are badly
  7609 damaged (executable inspects the case of the first letter of its own
  7610 name); added separate "isabelle-process" and "isabelle-interface";
  7611 
  7612 * system: refrain from any attempt at filtering input streams; no
  7613 longer support ``8bit'' encoding of old isabelle font, instead proper
  7614 iso-latin characters may now be used; the related isatools
  7615 "symbolinput" and "nonascii" have disappeared as well;
  7616 
  7617 * system: removed old "xterm" interface (the print modes "xterm" and
  7618 "xterm_color" are still available for direct use in a suitable
  7619 terminal);
  7620 
  7621 
  7622 
  7623 New in Isabelle99-2 (February 2001)
  7624 -----------------------------------
  7625 
  7626 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7627 
  7628 * HOL: please note that theories in the Library and elsewhere often use the
  7629 new-style (Isar) format; to refer to their theorems in an ML script you must
  7630 bind them to ML identifers by e.g.      val thm_name = thm "thm_name";
  7631 
  7632 * HOL: inductive package no longer splits induction rule aggressively,
  7633 but only as far as specified by the introductions given; the old
  7634 format may be recovered via ML function complete_split_rule or attribute
  7635 'split_rule (complete)';
  7636 
  7637 * HOL: induct renamed to lfp_induct, lfp_Tarski to lfp_unfold,
  7638 gfp_Tarski to gfp_unfold;
  7639 
  7640 * HOL: contrapos, contrapos2 renamed to contrapos_nn, contrapos_pp;
  7641 
  7642 * HOL: infix "dvd" now has priority 50 rather than 70 (because it is a
  7643 relation); infix "^^" has been renamed "``"; infix "``" has been
  7644 renamed "`"; "univalent" has been renamed "single_valued";
  7645 
  7646 * HOL/Real: "rinv" and "hrinv" replaced by overloaded "inverse"
  7647 operation;
  7648 
  7649 * HOLCF: infix "`" has been renamed "$"; the symbol syntax is \<cdot>;
  7650 
  7651 * Isar: 'obtain' no longer declares "that" fact as simp/intro;
  7652 
  7653 * Isar/HOL: method 'induct' now handles non-atomic goals; as a
  7654 consequence, it is no longer monotonic wrt. the local goal context
  7655 (which is now passed through the inductive cases);
  7656 
  7657 * Document preparation: renamed standard symbols \<ll> to \<lless> and
  7658 \<gg> to \<ggreater>;
  7659 
  7660 
  7661 *** Document preparation ***
  7662 
  7663 * \isabellestyle{NAME} selects version of Isabelle output (currently
  7664 available: are "it" for near math-mode best-style output, "sl" for
  7665 slanted text style, and "tt" for plain type-writer; if no
  7666 \isabellestyle command is given, output is according to slanted
  7667 type-writer);
  7668 
  7669 * support sub/super scripts (for single symbols only), input syntax is
  7670 like this: "A\<^sup>*" or "A\<^sup>\<star>";
  7671 
  7672 * some more standard symbols; see Appendix A of the system manual for
  7673 the complete list of symbols defined in isabellesym.sty;
  7674 
  7675 * improved isabelle style files; more abstract symbol implementation
  7676 (should now use \isamath{...} and \isatext{...} in custom symbol
  7677 definitions);
  7678 
  7679 * antiquotation @{goals} and @{subgoals} for output of *dynamic* goals
  7680 state; Note that presentation of goal states does not conform to
  7681 actual human-readable proof documents.  Please do not include goal
  7682 states into document output unless you really know what you are doing!
  7683 
  7684 * proper indentation of antiquoted output with proportional LaTeX
  7685 fonts;
  7686 
  7687 * no_document ML operator temporarily disables LaTeX document
  7688 generation;
  7689 
  7690 * isatool unsymbolize tunes sources for plain ASCII communication;
  7691 
  7692 
  7693 *** Isar ***
  7694 
  7695 * Pure: Isar now suffers initial goal statements to contain unbound
  7696 schematic variables (this does not conform to actual readable proof
  7697 documents, due to unpredictable outcome and non-compositional proof
  7698 checking); users who know what they are doing may use schematic goals
  7699 for Prolog-style synthesis of proven results;
  7700 
  7701 * Pure: assumption method (an implicit finishing) now handles actual
  7702 rules as well;
  7703 
  7704 * Pure: improved 'obtain' --- moved to Pure, insert "that" into
  7705 initial goal, declare "that" only as Pure intro (only for single
  7706 steps); the "that" rule assumption may now be involved in implicit
  7707 finishing, thus ".." becomes a feasible for trivial obtains;
  7708 
  7709 * Pure: default proof step now includes 'intro_classes'; thus trivial
  7710 instance proofs may be performed by "..";
  7711 
  7712 * Pure: ?thesis / ?this / "..." now work for pure meta-level
  7713 statements as well;
  7714 
  7715 * Pure: more robust selection of calculational rules;
  7716 
  7717 * Pure: the builtin notion of 'finished' goal now includes the ==-refl
  7718 rule (as well as the assumption rule);
  7719 
  7720 * Pure: 'thm_deps' command visualizes dependencies of theorems and
  7721 lemmas, using the graph browser tool;
  7722 
  7723 * Pure: predict failure of "show" in interactive mode;
  7724 
  7725 * Pure: 'thms_containing' now takes actual terms as arguments;
  7726 
  7727 * HOL: improved method 'induct' --- now handles non-atomic goals
  7728 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY); tuned error handling;
  7729 
  7730 * HOL: cases and induct rules now provide explicit hints about the
  7731 number of facts to be consumed (0 for "type" and 1 for "set" rules);
  7732 any remaining facts are inserted into the goal verbatim;
  7733 
  7734 * HOL: local contexts (aka cases) may now contain term bindings as
  7735 well; the 'cases' and 'induct' methods new provide a ?case binding for
  7736 the result to be shown in each case;
  7737 
  7738 * HOL: added 'recdef_tc' command;
  7739 
  7740 * isatool convert assists in eliminating legacy ML scripts;
  7741 
  7742 
  7743 *** HOL ***
  7744 
  7745 * HOL/Library: a collection of generic theories to be used together
  7746 with main HOL; the theory loader path already includes this directory
  7747 by default; the following existing theories have been moved here:
  7748 HOL/Induct/Multiset, HOL/Induct/Acc (as Accessible_Part), HOL/While
  7749 (as While_Combinator), HOL/Lex/Prefix (as List_Prefix);
  7750 
  7751 * HOL/Unix: "Some aspects of Unix file-system security", a typical
  7752 modelling and verification task performed in Isabelle/HOL +
  7753 Isabelle/Isar + Isabelle document preparation (by Markus Wenzel).
  7754 
  7755 * HOL/Algebra: special summation operator SUM no longer exists, it has
  7756 been replaced by setsum; infix 'assoc' now has priority 50 (like
  7757 'dvd'); axiom 'one_not_zero' has been moved from axclass 'ring' to
  7758 'domain', this makes the theory consistent with mathematical
  7759 literature;
  7760 
  7761 * HOL basics: added overloaded operations "inverse" and "divide"
  7762 (infix "/"), syntax for generic "abs" operation, generic summation
  7763 operator \<Sum>;
  7764 
  7765 * HOL/typedef: simplified package, provide more useful rules (see also
  7766 HOL/subset.thy);
  7767 
  7768 * HOL/datatype: induction rule for arbitrarily branching datatypes is
  7769 now expressed as a proper nested rule (old-style tactic scripts may
  7770 require atomize_strip_tac to cope with non-atomic premises);
  7771 
  7772 * HOL: renamed theory "Prod" to "Product_Type", renamed "split" rule
  7773 to "split_conv" (old name still available for compatibility);
  7774 
  7775 * HOL: improved concrete syntax for strings (e.g. allows translation
  7776 rules with string literals);
  7777 
  7778 * HOL-Real-Hyperreal: this extends HOL-Real with the hyperreals
  7779  and Fleuriot's mechanization of analysis, including the transcendental
  7780  functions for the reals;
  7781 
  7782 * HOL/Real, HOL/Hyperreal: improved arithmetic simplification;
  7783 
  7784 
  7785 *** CTT ***
  7786 
  7787 * CTT: x-symbol support for Pi, Sigma, -->, : (membership); note that
  7788 "lam" is displayed as TWO lambda-symbols
  7789 
  7790 * CTT: theory Main now available, containing everything (that is, Bool
  7791 and Arith);
  7792 
  7793 
  7794 *** General ***
  7795 
  7796 * Pure: the Simplifier has been implemented properly as a derived rule
  7797 outside of the actual kernel (at last!); the overall performance
  7798 penalty in practical applications is about 50%, while reliability of
  7799 the Isabelle inference kernel has been greatly improved;
  7800 
  7801 * print modes "brackets" and "no_brackets" control output of nested =>
  7802 (types) and ==> (props); the default behaviour is "brackets";
  7803 
  7804 * Provers: fast_tac (and friends) now handle actual object-logic rules
  7805 as assumptions as well;
  7806 
  7807 * system: support Poly/ML 4.0;
  7808 
  7809 * system: isatool install handles KDE version 1 or 2;
  7810 
  7811 
  7812 
  7813 New in Isabelle99-1 (October 2000)
  7814 ----------------------------------
  7815 
  7816 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7817 
  7818 * HOL: simplification of natural numbers is much changed; to partly
  7819 recover the old behaviour (e.g. to prevent n+n rewriting to #2*n)
  7820 issue the following ML commands:
  7821 
  7822   Delsimprocs Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.cancel_numerals;
  7823   Delsimprocs [Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.combine_numerals];
  7824 
  7825 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions; this is
  7826 controlled by "t.weak_case_cong" for each datatype t;
  7827 
  7828 * HOL: nat_less_induct renamed to less_induct;
  7829 
  7830 * HOL: systematic renaming of the SOME (Eps) rules, may use isatool
  7831 fixsome to patch .thy and .ML sources automatically;
  7832 
  7833   select_equality  -> some_equality
  7834   select_eq_Ex     -> some_eq_ex
  7835   selectI2EX       -> someI2_ex
  7836   selectI2         -> someI2
  7837   selectI          -> someI
  7838   select1_equality -> some1_equality
  7839   Eps_sym_eq       -> some_sym_eq_trivial
  7840   Eps_eq           -> some_eq_trivial
  7841 
  7842 * HOL: exhaust_tac on datatypes superceded by new generic case_tac;
  7843 
  7844 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem binding expand_if (refer to split_if
  7845 instead);
  7846 
  7847 * HOL: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' are now called
  7848 f.simps instead of f.rules;
  7849 
  7850 * HOL: qed_spec_mp now also handles bounded ALL as well;
  7851 
  7852 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded, so the type constraint ":: nat" may
  7853 sometimes be needed;
  7854 
  7855 * HOL: the constant for "f``x" is now "image" rather than "op ``";
  7856 
  7857 * HOL: the constant for "f-``x" is now "vimage" rather than "op -``";
  7858 
  7859 * HOL: the disjoint sum is now "<+>" instead of "Plus"; the cartesian
  7860 product is now "<*>" instead of "Times"; the lexicographic product is
  7861 now "<*lex*>" instead of "**";
  7862 
  7863 * HOL: theory Sexp is now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part
  7864 of main HOL, but was unused); better use HOL's datatype package;
  7865 
  7866 * HOL: removed "symbols" syntax for constant "override" of theory Map;
  7867 the old syntax may be recovered as follows:
  7868 
  7869   syntax (symbols)
  7870     override  :: "('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b)"
  7871       (infixl "\\<oplus>" 100)
  7872 
  7873 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  7874 
  7875 * HOL/ML: even fewer consts are declared as global (see theories Ord,
  7876 Lfp, Gfp, WF); this only affects ML packages that refer to const names
  7877 internally;
  7878 
  7879 * HOL and ZF: syntax for quotienting wrt an equivalence relation
  7880 changed from A/r to A//r;
  7881 
  7882 * ZF: new treatment of arithmetic (nat & int) may break some old
  7883 proofs;
  7884 
  7885 * Isar: renamed some attributes (RS -> THEN, simplify -> simplified,
  7886 rulify -> rule_format, elimify -> elim_format, ...);
  7887 
  7888 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7889 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (in most cases, one
  7890 should have to change intro!! to intro? only); replaced "delrule" by
  7891 "rule del";
  7892 
  7893 * Isar/HOL: renamed "intrs" to "intros" in inductive definitions;
  7894 
  7895 * Provers: strengthened force_tac by using new first_best_tac;
  7896 
  7897 * LaTeX document preparation: several changes of isabelle.sty (see
  7898 lib/texinputs);
  7899 
  7900 
  7901 *** Document preparation ***
  7902 
  7903 * formal comments (text blocks etc.) in new-style theories may now
  7904 contain antiquotations of thm/prop/term/typ/text to be presented
  7905 according to latex print mode; concrete syntax is like this:
  7906 @{term[show_types] "f(x) = a + x"};
  7907 
  7908 * isatool mkdir provides easy setup of Isabelle session directories,
  7909 including proper document sources;
  7910 
  7911 * generated LaTeX sources are now deleted after successful run
  7912 (isatool document -c); may retain a copy somewhere else via -D option
  7913 of isatool usedir;
  7914 
  7915 * isatool usedir -D now lets isatool latex -o sty update the Isabelle
  7916 style files, achieving self-contained LaTeX sources and simplifying
  7917 LaTeX debugging;
  7918 
  7919 * old-style theories now produce (crude) LaTeX output as well;
  7920 
  7921 * browser info session directories are now self-contained (may be put
  7922 on WWW server seperately); improved graphs of nested sessions; removed
  7923 graph for 'all sessions';
  7924 
  7925 * several improvements in isabelle style files; \isabellestyle{it}
  7926 produces fake math mode output; \isamarkupheader is now \section by
  7927 default; see lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty etc.;
  7928 
  7929 
  7930 *** Isar ***
  7931 
  7932 * Isar/Pure: local results and corresponding term bindings are now
  7933 subject to Hindley-Milner polymorphism (similar to ML); this
  7934 accommodates incremental type-inference very nicely;
  7935 
  7936 * Isar/Pure: new derived language element 'obtain' supports
  7937 generalized existence reasoning;
  7938 
  7939 * Isar/Pure: new calculational elements 'moreover' and 'ultimately'
  7940 support accumulation of results, without applying any rules yet;
  7941 useful to collect intermediate results without explicit name
  7942 references, and for use with transitivity rules with more than 2
  7943 premises;
  7944 
  7945 * Isar/Pure: scalable support for case-analysis type proofs: new
  7946 'case' language element refers to local contexts symbolically, as
  7947 produced by certain proof methods; internally, case names are attached
  7948 to theorems as "tags";
  7949 
  7950 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'hide' removes declarations from
  7951 class/type/const name spaces;
  7952 
  7953 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'defs' supports option "(overloaded)" to
  7954 indicate potential overloading;
  7955 
  7956 * Isar/Pure: changed syntax of local blocks from {{ }} to { };
  7957 
  7958 * Isar/Pure: syntax of sorts made 'inner', i.e. have to write
  7959 "{a,b,c}" instead of {a,b,c};
  7960 
  7961 * Isar/Pure now provides its own version of intro/elim/dest
  7962 attributes; useful for building new logics, but beware of confusion
  7963 with the version in Provers/classical;
  7964 
  7965 * Isar/Pure: the local context of (non-atomic) goals is provided via
  7966 case name 'antecedent';
  7967 
  7968 * Isar/Pure: removed obsolete 'transfer' attribute (transfer of thms
  7969 to the current context is now done automatically);
  7970 
  7971 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'method_setup' provides a simple interface
  7972 for definining proof methods in ML;
  7973 
  7974 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7975 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  7976 most cases, one should have to change intro!! to intro? only);
  7977 replaced "delrule" by "rule del";
  7978 
  7979 * Isar/Provers: new 'hypsubst' method, plain 'subst' method and
  7980 'symmetric' attribute (the latter supercedes [RS sym]);
  7981 
  7982 * Isar/Provers: splitter support (via 'split' attribute and 'simp'
  7983 method modifier); 'simp' method: 'only:' modifier removes loopers as
  7984 well (including splits);
  7985 
  7986 * Isar/Provers: Simplifier and Classical methods now support all kind
  7987 of modifiers used in the past, including 'cong', 'iff', etc.
  7988 
  7989 * Isar/Provers: added 'fastsimp' and 'clarsimp' methods (combination
  7990 of Simplifier and Classical reasoner);
  7991 
  7992 * Isar/HOL: new proof method 'cases' and improved version of 'induct'
  7993 now support named cases; major packages (inductive, datatype, primrec,
  7994 recdef) support case names and properly name parameters;
  7995 
  7996 * Isar/HOL: new transitivity rules for substitution in inequalities --
  7997 monotonicity conditions are extracted to be proven at end of
  7998 calculations;
  7999 
  8000 * Isar/HOL: removed 'case_split' thm binding, should use 'cases' proof
  8001 method anyway;
  8002 
  8003 * Isar/HOL: removed old expand_if = split_if; theorems if_splits =
  8004 split_if split_if_asm; datatype package provides theorems foo.splits =
  8005 foo.split foo.split_asm for each datatype;
  8006 
  8007 * Isar/HOL: tuned inductive package, rename "intrs" to "intros"
  8008 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY), emulation of mk_cases feature for proof
  8009 scripts: new 'inductive_cases' command and 'ind_cases' method; (Note:
  8010 use "(cases (simplified))" method in proper proof texts);
  8011 
  8012 * Isar/HOL: added global 'arith_split' attribute for 'arith' method;
  8013 
  8014 * Isar: names of theorems etc. may be natural numbers as well;
  8015 
  8016 * Isar: 'pr' command: optional arguments for goals_limit and
  8017 ProofContext.prems_limit; no longer prints theory contexts, but only
  8018 proof states;
  8019 
  8020 * Isar: diagnostic commands 'pr', 'thm', 'prop', 'term', 'typ' admit
  8021 additional print modes to be specified; e.g. "pr(latex)" will print
  8022 proof state according to the Isabelle LaTeX style;
  8023 
  8024 * Isar: improved support for emulating tactic scripts, including proof
  8025 methods 'rule_tac' etc., 'cut_tac', 'thin_tac', 'subgoal_tac',
  8026 'rename_tac', 'rotate_tac', 'tactic', and 'case_tac' / 'induct_tac'
  8027 (for HOL datatypes);
  8028 
  8029 * Isar: simplified (more robust) goal selection of proof methods: 1st
  8030 goal, all goals, or explicit goal specifier (tactic emulation); thus
  8031 'proof method scripts' have to be in depth-first order;
  8032 
  8033 * Isar: tuned 'let' syntax: replaced 'as' keyword by 'and';
  8034 
  8035 * Isar: removed 'help' command, which hasn't been too helpful anyway;
  8036 should instead use individual commands for printing items
  8037 (print_commands, print_methods etc.);
  8038 
  8039 * Isar: added 'nothing' --- the empty list of theorems;
  8040 
  8041 
  8042 *** HOL ***
  8043 
  8044 * HOL/MicroJava: formalization of a fragment of Java, together with a
  8045 corresponding virtual machine and a specification of its bytecode
  8046 verifier and a lightweight bytecode verifier, including proofs of
  8047 type-safety; by Gerwin Klein, Tobias Nipkow, David von Oheimb, and
  8048 Cornelia Pusch (see also the homepage of project Bali at
  8049 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Bali/);
  8050 
  8051 * HOL/Algebra: new theory of rings and univariate polynomials, by
  8052 Clemens Ballarin;
  8053 
  8054 * HOL/NumberTheory: fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Chinese
  8055 Remainder Theorem, Fermat/Euler Theorem, Wilson's Theorem, by Thomas M
  8056 Rasmussen;
  8057 
  8058 * HOL/Lattice: fundamental concepts of lattice theory and order
  8059 structures, including duals, properties of bounds versus algebraic
  8060 laws, lattice operations versus set-theoretic ones, the Knaster-Tarski
  8061 Theorem for complete lattices etc.; may also serve as a demonstration
  8062 for abstract algebraic reasoning using axiomatic type classes, and
  8063 mathematics-style proof in Isabelle/Isar; by Markus Wenzel;
  8064 
  8065 * HOL/Prolog: a (bare-bones) implementation of Lambda-Prolog, by David
  8066 von Oheimb;
  8067 
  8068 * HOL/IMPP: extension of IMP with local variables and mutually
  8069 recursive procedures, by David von Oheimb;
  8070 
  8071 * HOL/Lambda: converted into new-style theory and document;
  8072 
  8073 * HOL/ex/Multiquote: example of multiple nested quotations and
  8074 anti-quotations -- basically a generalized version of de-Bruijn
  8075 representation; very useful in avoiding lifting of operations;
  8076 
  8077 * HOL/record: added general record equality rule to simpset; fixed
  8078 select-update simplification procedure to handle extended records as
  8079 well; admit "r" as field name;
  8080 
  8081 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded over the new sort "zero", allowing its use with
  8082 other numeric types and also as the identity of groups, rings, etc.;
  8083 
  8084 * HOL: new axclass plus_ac0 for addition with the AC-laws and 0 as identity.
  8085 Types nat and int belong to this axclass;
  8086 
  8087 * HOL: greatly improved simplification involving numerals of type nat, int, real:
  8088    (i + #8 + j) = Suc k simplifies to  #7 + (i + j) = k
  8089    i*j + k + j*#3*i     simplifies to  #4*(i*j) + k
  8090   two terms #m*u and #n*u are replaced by #(m+n)*u
  8091     (where #m, #n and u can implicitly be 1; this is simproc combine_numerals)
  8092   and the term/formula #m*u+x ~~ #n*u+y simplifies simplifies to #(m-n)+x ~~ y
  8093     or x ~~ #(n-m)+y, where ~~ is one of = < <= or - (simproc cancel_numerals);
  8094 
  8095 * HOL: meson_tac is available (previously in ex/meson.ML); it is a
  8096 powerful prover for predicate logic but knows nothing of clasets; see
  8097 ex/mesontest.ML and ex/mesontest2.ML for example applications;
  8098 
  8099 * HOL: new version of "case_tac" subsumes both boolean case split and
  8100 "exhaust_tac" on datatypes; INCOMPATIBILITY: exhaust_tac no longer
  8101 exists, may define val exhaust_tac = case_tac for ad-hoc portability;
  8102 
  8103 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions: only the
  8104 selector expression is simplified, but not the remaining arms; to
  8105 enable full simplification of case-expressions for datatype t, you may
  8106 remove t.weak_case_cong from the simpset, either globally (Delcongs
  8107 [thm"t.weak_case_cong"];) or locally (delcongs [...]).
  8108 
  8109 * HOL/recdef: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' for
  8110 function 'f' are now called f.simps instead of f.rules; if all
  8111 termination conditions are proved automatically, these simplification
  8112 rules are added to the simpset, as in primrec; rules may be named
  8113 individually as well, resulting in a separate list of theorems for
  8114 each equation;
  8115 
  8116 * HOL/While is a new theory that provides a while-combinator. It
  8117 permits the definition of tail-recursive functions without the
  8118 provision of a termination measure. The latter is necessary once the
  8119 invariant proof rule for while is applied.
  8120 
  8121 * HOL: new (overloaded) notation for the set of elements below/above
  8122 some element: {..u}, {..u(}, {l..}, {)l..}. See theory SetInterval.
  8123 
  8124 * HOL: theorems impI, allI, ballI bound as "strip";
  8125 
  8126 * HOL: new tactic induct_thm_tac: thm -> string -> int -> tactic
  8127 induct_tac th "x1 ... xn" expects th to have a conclusion of the form
  8128 P v1 ... vn and abbreviates res_inst_tac [("v1","x1"),...,("vn","xn")] th;
  8129 
  8130 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  8131 
  8132 * HOL: theory Sexp now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part of
  8133 main HOL, but was unused);
  8134 
  8135 * HOL: fewer consts declared as global (e.g. have to refer to
  8136 "Lfp.lfp" instead of "lfp" internally; affects ML packages only);
  8137 
  8138 * HOL: tuned AST representation of nested pairs, avoiding bogus output
  8139 in case of overlap with user translations (e.g. judgements over
  8140 tuples); (note that the underlying logical represenation is still
  8141 bogus);
  8142 
  8143 
  8144 *** ZF ***
  8145 
  8146 * ZF: simplification automatically cancels common terms in arithmetic
  8147 expressions over nat and int;
  8148 
  8149 * ZF: new treatment of nat to minimize type-checking: all operators
  8150 coerce their operands to a natural number using the function natify,
  8151 making the algebraic laws unconditional;
  8152 
  8153 * ZF: as above, for int: operators coerce their operands to an integer
  8154 using the function intify;
  8155 
  8156 * ZF: the integer library now contains many of the usual laws for the
  8157 orderings, including $<=, and monotonicity laws for $+ and $*;
  8158 
  8159 * ZF: new example ZF/ex/NatSum to demonstrate integer arithmetic
  8160 simplification;
  8161 
  8162 * FOL and ZF: AddIffs now available, giving theorems of the form P<->Q
  8163 to the simplifier and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  8164 
  8165 
  8166 *** General ***
  8167 
  8168 * Provers: blast_tac now handles actual object-logic rules as
  8169 assumptions; note that auto_tac uses blast_tac internally as well;
  8170 
  8171 * Provers: new functions rulify/rulify_no_asm: thm -> thm for turning
  8172 outer -->/All/Ball into ==>/!!; qed_spec_mp now uses rulify_no_asm;
  8173 
  8174 * Provers: delrules now handles destruct rules as well (no longer need
  8175 explicit make_elim);
  8176 
  8177 * Provers: Blast_tac now warns of and ignores "weak elimination rules" e.g.
  8178   [| inj ?f;          ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  8179 use instead the strong form,
  8180   [| inj ?f; ~ ?W ==> ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  8181 in HOL, FOL and ZF the function cla_make_elim will create such rules
  8182 from destruct-rules;
  8183 
  8184 * Provers: Simplifier.easy_setup provides a fast path to basic
  8185 Simplifier setup for new object-logics;
  8186 
  8187 * Pure: AST translation rules no longer require constant head on LHS;
  8188 
  8189 * Pure: improved name spaces: ambiguous output is qualified; support
  8190 for hiding of names;
  8191 
  8192 * system: smart setup of canonical ML_HOME, ISABELLE_INTERFACE, and
  8193 XSYMBOL_HOME; no longer need to do manual configuration in most
  8194 situations;
  8195 
  8196 * system: compression of ML heaps images may now be controlled via -c
  8197 option of isabelle and isatool usedir (currently only observed by
  8198 Poly/ML);
  8199 
  8200 * system: isatool installfonts may handle X-Symbol fonts as well (very
  8201 useful for remote X11);
  8202 
  8203 * system: provide TAGS file for Isabelle sources;
  8204 
  8205 * ML: infix 'OF' is a version of 'MRS' with more appropriate argument
  8206 order;
  8207 
  8208 * ML: renamed flags Syntax.trace_norm_ast to Syntax.trace_ast; global
  8209 timing flag supersedes proof_timing and Toplevel.trace;
  8210 
  8211 * ML: new combinators |>> and |>>> for incremental transformations
  8212 with secondary results (e.g. certain theory extensions):
  8213 
  8214 * ML: PureThy.add_defs gets additional argument to indicate potential
  8215 overloading (usually false);
  8216 
  8217 * ML: PureThy.add_thms/add_axioms/add_defs now return theorems as
  8218 results;
  8219 
  8220 
  8221 
  8222 New in Isabelle99 (October 1999)
  8223 --------------------------------
  8224 
  8225 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8226 
  8227 * HOL: The THEN and ELSE parts of conditional expressions (if P then x else y)
  8228 are no longer simplified.  (This allows the simplifier to unfold recursive
  8229 functional programs.)  To restore the old behaviour, declare
  8230 
  8231     Delcongs [if_weak_cong];
  8232 
  8233 * HOL: Removed the obsolete syntax "Compl A"; use -A for set
  8234 complement;
  8235 
  8236 * HOL: the predicate "inj" is now defined by translation to "inj_on";
  8237 
  8238 * HOL/datatype: mutual_induct_tac no longer exists --
  8239   use induct_tac "x_1 ... x_n" instead of mutual_induct_tac ["x_1", ..., "x_n"]
  8240 
  8241 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  8242 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  8243 
  8244 * ZF: The con_defs part of an inductive definition may no longer refer
  8245 to constants declared in the same theory;
  8246 
  8247 * HOL, ZF: the function mk_cases, generated by the inductive
  8248 definition package, has lost an argument.  To simplify its result, it
  8249 uses the default simpset instead of a supplied list of theorems.
  8250 
  8251 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  8252 
  8253 * Simplifier: the type of the infix ML functions
  8254         setSSolver addSSolver setSolver addSolver
  8255 is now  simpset * solver -> simpset  where `solver' is a new abstract type
  8256 for packaging solvers. A solver is created via
  8257         mk_solver: string -> (thm list -> int -> tactic) -> solver
  8258 where the string argument is only a comment.
  8259 
  8260 
  8261 *** Proof tools ***
  8262 
  8263 * Provers/Arith/fast_lin_arith.ML contains a functor for creating a
  8264 decision procedure for linear arithmetic. Currently it is used for
  8265 types `nat', `int', and `real' in HOL (see below); it can, should and
  8266 will be instantiated for other types and logics as well.
  8267 
  8268 * The simplifier now accepts rewrite rules with flexible heads, eg
  8269      hom ?f ==> ?f(?x+?y) = ?f ?x + ?f ?y
  8270   They are applied like any rule with a non-pattern lhs, i.e. by first-order
  8271   matching.
  8272 
  8273 
  8274 *** General ***
  8275 
  8276 * New Isabelle/Isar subsystem provides an alternative to traditional
  8277 tactical theorem proving; together with the ProofGeneral/isar user
  8278 interface it offers an interactive environment for developing human
  8279 readable proof documents (Isar == Intelligible semi-automated
  8280 reasoning); for further information see isatool doc isar-ref,
  8281 src/HOL/Isar_examples and http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Isar/
  8282 
  8283 * improved and simplified presentation of theories: better HTML markup
  8284 (including colors), graph views in several sizes; isatool usedir now
  8285 provides a proper interface for user theories (via -P option); actual
  8286 document preparation based on (PDF)LaTeX is available as well (for
  8287 new-style theories only); see isatool doc system for more information;
  8288 
  8289 * native support for Proof General, both for classic Isabelle and
  8290 Isabelle/Isar;
  8291 
  8292 * ML function thm_deps visualizes dependencies of theorems and lemmas,
  8293 using the graph browser tool;
  8294 
  8295 * Isabelle manuals now also available as PDF;
  8296 
  8297 * theory loader rewritten from scratch (may not be fully
  8298 bug-compatible); old loadpath variable has been replaced by show_path,
  8299 add_path, del_path, reset_path functions; new operations such as
  8300 update_thy, touch_thy, remove_thy, use/update_thy_only (see also
  8301 isatool doc ref);
  8302 
  8303 * improved isatool install: option -k creates KDE application icon,
  8304 option -p DIR installs standalone binaries;
  8305 
  8306 * added ML_PLATFORM setting (useful for cross-platform installations);
  8307 more robust handling of platform specific ML images for SML/NJ;
  8308 
  8309 * the settings environment is now statically scoped, i.e. it is never
  8310 created again in sub-processes invoked from isabelle, isatool, or
  8311 Isabelle;
  8312 
  8313 * path element specification '~~' refers to '$ISABELLE_HOME';
  8314 
  8315 * in locales, the "assumes" and "defines" parts may be omitted if
  8316 empty;
  8317 
  8318 * new print_mode "xsymbols" for extended symbol support (e.g. genuine
  8319 long arrows);
  8320 
  8321 * new print_mode "HTML";
  8322 
  8323 * new flag show_tags controls display of tags of theorems (which are
  8324 basically just comments that may be attached by some tools);
  8325 
  8326 * Isamode 2.6 requires patch to accomodate change of Isabelle font
  8327 mode and goal output format:
  8328 
  8329 diff -r Isamode-2.6/elisp/isa-load.el Isamode/elisp/isa-load.el
  8330 244c244
  8331 <       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-msymbols" logic-name)
  8332 ---
  8333 >       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-misabelle_font" "-msymbols" logic-name)
  8334 diff -r Isabelle-2.6/elisp/isa-proofstate.el Isamode/elisp/isa-proofstate.el
  8335 181c181
  8336 < (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+$"
  8337 ---
  8338 > (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+"
  8339 
  8340 * function bind_thms stores lists of theorems (cf. bind_thm);
  8341 
  8342 * new shorthand tactics ftac, eatac, datac, fatac;
  8343 
  8344 * qed (and friends) now accept "" as result name; in that case the
  8345 theorem is not stored, but proper checks and presentation of the
  8346 result still apply;
  8347 
  8348 * theorem database now also indexes constants "Trueprop", "all",
  8349 "==>", "=="; thus thms_containing, findI etc. may retrieve more rules;
  8350 
  8351 
  8352 *** HOL ***
  8353 
  8354 ** HOL arithmetic **
  8355 
  8356 * There are now decision procedures for linear arithmetic over nat and
  8357 int:
  8358 
  8359 1. arith_tac copes with arbitrary formulae involving `=', `<', `<=',
  8360 `+', `-', `Suc', `min', `max' and numerical constants; other subterms
  8361 are treated as atomic; subformulae not involving type `nat' or `int'
  8362 are ignored; quantified subformulae are ignored unless they are
  8363 positive universal or negative existential. The tactic has to be
  8364 invoked by hand and can be a little bit slow. In particular, the
  8365 running time is exponential in the number of occurrences of `min' and
  8366 `max', and `-' on `nat'.
  8367 
  8368 2. fast_arith_tac is a cut-down version of arith_tac: it only takes
  8369 (negated) (in)equalities among the premises and the conclusion into
  8370 account (i.e. no compound formulae) and does not know about `min' and
  8371 `max', and `-' on `nat'. It is fast and is used automatically by the
  8372 simplifier.
  8373 
  8374 NB: At the moment, these decision procedures do not cope with mixed
  8375 nat/int formulae where the two parts interact, such as `m < n ==>
  8376 int(m) < int(n)'.
  8377 
  8378 * HOL/Numeral provides a generic theory of numerals (encoded
  8379 efficiently as bit strings); setup for types nat/int/real is in place;
  8380 INCOMPATIBILITY: since numeral syntax is now polymorphic, rather than
  8381 int, existing theories and proof scripts may require a few additional
  8382 type constraints;
  8383 
  8384 * integer division and remainder can now be performed on constant
  8385 arguments;
  8386 
  8387 * many properties of integer multiplication, division and remainder
  8388 are now available;
  8389 
  8390 * An interface to the Stanford Validity Checker (SVC) is available through the
  8391 tactic svc_tac.  Propositional tautologies and theorems of linear arithmetic
  8392 are proved automatically.  SVC must be installed separately, and its results
  8393 must be TAKEN ON TRUST (Isabelle does not check the proofs, but tags any
  8394 invocation of the underlying oracle).  For SVC see
  8395   http://verify.stanford.edu/SVC
  8396 
  8397 * IsaMakefile: the HOL-Real target now builds an actual image;
  8398 
  8399 
  8400 ** HOL misc **
  8401 
  8402 * HOL/Real/HahnBanach: the Hahn-Banach theorem for real vector spaces
  8403 (in Isabelle/Isar) -- by Gertrud Bauer;
  8404 
  8405 * HOL/BCV: generic model of bytecode verification, i.e. data-flow
  8406 analysis for assembly languages with subtypes;
  8407 
  8408 * HOL/TLA (Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions): major reorganization
  8409 -- avoids syntactic ambiguities and treats state, transition, and
  8410 temporal levels more uniformly; introduces INCOMPATIBILITIES due to
  8411 changed syntax and (many) tactics;
  8412 
  8413 * HOL/inductive: Now also handles more general introduction rules such
  8414   as "ALL y. (y, x) : r --> y : acc r ==> x : acc r"; monotonicity
  8415   theorems are now maintained within the theory (maintained via the
  8416   "mono" attribute);
  8417 
  8418 * HOL/datatype: Now also handles arbitrarily branching datatypes
  8419   (using function types) such as
  8420 
  8421   datatype 'a tree = Atom 'a | Branch "nat => 'a tree"
  8422 
  8423 * HOL/record: record_simproc (part of the default simpset) takes care
  8424 of selectors applied to updated records; record_split_tac is no longer
  8425 part of the default claset; update_defs may now be removed from the
  8426 simpset in many cases; COMPATIBILITY: old behavior achieved by
  8427 
  8428   claset_ref () := claset() addSWrapper record_split_wrapper;
  8429   Delsimprocs [record_simproc]
  8430 
  8431 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  8432 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  8433 
  8434 * HOL/recdef (TFL): 'congs' syntax now expects comma separated list of theorem
  8435 names rather than an ML expression;
  8436 
  8437 * HOL/defer_recdef (TFL): like recdef but the well-founded relation can be
  8438 supplied later.  Program schemes can be defined, such as
  8439     "While B C s = (if B s then While B C (C s) else s)"
  8440 where the well-founded relation can be chosen after B and C have been given.
  8441 
  8442 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  8443 INCOMPATIBILITY: while [] and infix # syntax is still there, of
  8444 course, ML tools referring to List.list.op # etc. have to be adapted;
  8445 
  8446 * HOL_quantifiers flag superseded by "HOL" print mode, which is
  8447 disabled by default; run isabelle with option -m HOL to get back to
  8448 the original Gordon/HOL-style output;
  8449 
  8450 * HOL/Ord.thy: new bounded quantifier syntax (input only): ALL x<y. P,
  8451 ALL x<=y. P, EX x<y. P, EX x<=y. P;
  8452 
  8453 * HOL basic syntax simplified (more orthogonal): all variants of
  8454 All/Ex now support plain / symbolic / HOL notation; plain syntax for
  8455 Eps operator is provided as well: "SOME x. P[x]";
  8456 
  8457 * HOL/Sum.thy: sum_case has been moved to HOL/Datatype;
  8458 
  8459 * HOL/Univ.thy: infix syntax <*>, <+>, <**>, <+> eliminated and made
  8460 thus available for user theories;
  8461 
  8462 * HOLCF/IOA/Sequents: renamed 'Cons' to 'Consq' to avoid clash with
  8463 HOL/List; hardly an INCOMPATIBILITY since '>>' syntax is used all the
  8464 time;
  8465 
  8466 * HOL: new tactic smp_tac: int -> int -> tactic, which applies spec
  8467 several times and then mp;
  8468 
  8469 
  8470 *** LK ***
  8471 
  8472 * the notation <<...>> is now available as a notation for sequences of
  8473 formulas;
  8474 
  8475 * the simplifier is now installed
  8476 
  8477 * the axiom system has been generalized (thanks to Soren Heilmann)
  8478 
  8479 * the classical reasoner now has a default rule database
  8480 
  8481 
  8482 *** ZF ***
  8483 
  8484 * new primrec section allows primitive recursive functions to be given
  8485 directly (as in HOL) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8486 
  8487 * new tactics induct_tac and exhaust_tac for induction (or case
  8488 analysis) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8489 
  8490 * the datatype declaration of type T now defines the recursor T_rec;
  8491 
  8492 * simplification automatically does freeness reasoning for datatype
  8493 constructors;
  8494 
  8495 * automatic type-inference, with AddTCs command to insert new
  8496 type-checking rules;
  8497 
  8498 * datatype introduction rules are now added as Safe Introduction rules
  8499 to the claset;
  8500 
  8501 * the syntax "if P then x else y" is now available in addition to
  8502 if(P,x,y);
  8503 
  8504 
  8505 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8506 
  8507 * tuned simplifier trace output; new flag debug_simp;
  8508 
  8509 * structures Vartab / Termtab (instances of TableFun) offer efficient
  8510 tables indexed by indexname_ord / term_ord (compatible with aconv);
  8511 
  8512 * AxClass.axclass_tac lost the theory argument;
  8513 
  8514 * tuned current_goals_markers semantics: begin / end goal avoids
  8515 printing empty lines;
  8516 
  8517 * removed prs and prs_fn hook, which was broken because it did not
  8518 include \n in its semantics, forcing writeln to add one
  8519 uncoditionally; replaced prs_fn by writeln_fn; consider std_output:
  8520 string -> unit if you really want to output text without newline;
  8521 
  8522 * Symbol.output subject to print mode; INCOMPATIBILITY: defaults to
  8523 plain output, interface builders may have to enable 'isabelle_font'
  8524 mode to get Isabelle font glyphs as before;
  8525 
  8526 * refined token_translation interface; INCOMPATIBILITY: output length
  8527 now of type real instead of int;
  8528 
  8529 * theory loader actions may be traced via new ThyInfo.add_hook
  8530 interface (see src/Pure/Thy/thy_info.ML); example application: keep
  8531 your own database of information attached to *whole* theories -- as
  8532 opposed to intra-theory data slots offered via TheoryDataFun;
  8533 
  8534 * proper handling of dangling sort hypotheses (at last!);
  8535 Thm.strip_shyps and Drule.strip_shyps_warning take care of removing
  8536 extra sort hypotheses that can be witnessed from the type signature;
  8537 the force_strip_shyps flag is gone, any remaining shyps are simply
  8538 left in the theorem (with a warning issued by strip_shyps_warning);
  8539 
  8540 
  8541 
  8542 New in Isabelle98-1 (October 1998)
  8543 ----------------------------------
  8544 
  8545 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8546 
  8547 * several changes of automated proof tools;
  8548 
  8549 * HOL: major changes to the inductive and datatype packages, including
  8550 some minor incompatibilities of theory syntax;
  8551 
  8552 * HOL: renamed r^-1 to 'converse' from 'inverse'; 'inj_onto' is now
  8553 called `inj_on';
  8554 
  8555 * HOL: removed duplicate thms in Arith:
  8556   less_imp_add_less  should be replaced by  trans_less_add1
  8557   le_imp_add_le      should be replaced by  trans_le_add1
  8558 
  8559 * HOL: unary minus is now overloaded (new type constraints may be
  8560 required);
  8561 
  8562 * HOL and ZF: unary minus for integers is now #- instead of #~.  In
  8563 ZF, expressions such as n#-1 must be changed to n#- 1, since #-1 is
  8564 now taken as an integer constant.
  8565 
  8566 * Pure: ML function 'theory_of' renamed to 'theory';
  8567 
  8568 
  8569 *** Proof tools ***
  8570 
  8571 * Simplifier:
  8572   1. Asm_full_simp_tac is now more aggressive.
  8573      1. It will sometimes reorient premises if that increases their power to
  8574         simplify.
  8575      2. It does no longer proceed strictly from left to right but may also
  8576         rotate premises to achieve further simplification.
  8577      For compatibility reasons there is now Asm_lr_simp_tac which is like the
  8578      old Asm_full_simp_tac in that it does not rotate premises.
  8579   2. The simplifier now knows a little bit about nat-arithmetic.
  8580 
  8581 * Classical reasoner: wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now
  8582 allows for selected deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for
  8583 wrapper functionals.  This implies that addbefore, addSbefore,
  8584 addaltern, and addSaltern now take a pair (name, tactic) as argument,
  8585 and that adding two tactics with the same name overwrites the first
  8586 one (emitting a warning).
  8587   type wrapper = (int -> tactic) -> (int -> tactic)
  8588   setWrapper, setSWrapper, compWrapper and compSWrapper are replaced by
  8589   addWrapper, addSWrapper: claset * (string * wrapper) -> claset
  8590   delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset *  string            -> claset
  8591   getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;
  8592 
  8593 * Classical reasoner: addbefore/addSbefore now have APPEND/ORELSE
  8594 semantics; addbefore now affects only the unsafe part of step_tac
  8595 etc.; this affects addss/auto_tac/force_tac, so EXISTING PROOFS MAY
  8596 FAIL, but proofs should be fixable easily, e.g. by replacing Auto_tac
  8597 by Force_tac;
  8598 
  8599 * Classical reasoner: setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to
  8600 compWrapper; added safe wrapper (and access functions for it);
  8601 
  8602 * HOL/split_all_tac is now much faster and fails if there is nothing
  8603 to split.  Some EXISTING PROOFS MAY REQUIRE ADAPTION because the order
  8604 and the names of the automatically generated variables have changed.
  8605 split_all_tac has moved within claset() from unsafe wrappers to safe
  8606 wrappers, which means that !!-bound variables are split much more
  8607 aggressively, and safe_tac and clarify_tac now split such variables.
  8608 If this splitting is not appropriate, use delSWrapper "split_all_tac".
  8609 Note: the same holds for record_split_tac, which does the job of
  8610 split_all_tac for record fields.
  8611 
  8612 * HOL/Simplifier: Rewrite rules for case distinctions can now be added
  8613 permanently to the default simpset using Addsplits just like
  8614 Addsimps. They can be removed via Delsplits just like
  8615 Delsimps. Lower-case versions are also available.
  8616 
  8617 * HOL/Simplifier: The rule split_if is now part of the default
  8618 simpset. This means that the simplifier will eliminate all occurrences
  8619 of if-then-else in the conclusion of a goal. To prevent this, you can
  8620 either remove split_if completely from the default simpset by
  8621 `Delsplits [split_if]' or remove it in a specific call of the
  8622 simplifier using `... delsplits [split_if]'.  You can also add/delete
  8623 other case splitting rules to/from the default simpset: every datatype
  8624 generates suitable rules `split_t_case' and `split_t_case_asm' (where
  8625 t is the name of the datatype).
  8626 
  8627 * Classical reasoner / Simplifier combination: new force_tac (and
  8628 derivatives Force_tac, force) combines rewriting and classical
  8629 reasoning (and whatever other tools) similarly to auto_tac, but is
  8630 aimed to solve the given subgoal completely.
  8631 
  8632 
  8633 *** General ***
  8634 
  8635 * new top-level commands `Goal' and `Goalw' that improve upon `goal'
  8636 and `goalw': the theory is no longer needed as an explicit argument -
  8637 the current theory context is used; assumptions are no longer returned
  8638 at the ML-level unless one of them starts with ==> or !!; it is
  8639 recommended to convert to these new commands using isatool fixgoal
  8640 (backup your sources first!);
  8641 
  8642 * new top-level commands 'thm' and 'thms' for retrieving theorems from
  8643 the current theory context, and 'theory' to lookup stored theories;
  8644 
  8645 * new theory section 'locale' for declaring constants, assumptions and
  8646 definitions that have local scope;
  8647 
  8648 * new theory section 'nonterminals' for purely syntactic types;
  8649 
  8650 * new theory section 'setup' for generic ML setup functions
  8651 (e.g. package initialization);
  8652 
  8653 * the distribution now includes Isabelle icons: see
  8654 lib/logo/isabelle-{small,tiny}.xpm;
  8655 
  8656 * isatool install - install binaries with absolute references to
  8657 ISABELLE_HOME/bin;
  8658 
  8659 * isatool logo -- create instances of the Isabelle logo (as EPS);
  8660 
  8661 * print mode 'emacs' reserved for Isamode;
  8662 
  8663 * support multiple print (ast) translations per constant name;
  8664 
  8665 * theorems involving oracles are now printed with a suffixed [!];
  8666 
  8667 
  8668 *** HOL ***
  8669 
  8670 * there is now a tutorial on Isabelle/HOL (do 'isatool doc tutorial');
  8671 
  8672 * HOL/inductive package reorganized and improved: now supports mutual
  8673 definitions such as
  8674 
  8675   inductive EVEN ODD
  8676     intrs
  8677       null "0 : EVEN"
  8678       oddI "n : EVEN ==> Suc n : ODD"
  8679       evenI "n : ODD ==> Suc n : EVEN"
  8680 
  8681 new theorem list "elims" contains an elimination rule for each of the
  8682 recursive sets; inductive definitions now handle disjunctive premises
  8683 correctly (also ZF);
  8684 
  8685 INCOMPATIBILITIES: requires Inductive as an ancestor; component
  8686 "mutual_induct" no longer exists - the induction rule is always
  8687 contained in "induct";
  8688 
  8689 
  8690 * HOL/datatype package re-implemented and greatly improved: now
  8691 supports mutually recursive datatypes such as
  8692 
  8693   datatype
  8694     'a aexp = IF_THEN_ELSE ('a bexp) ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8695             | SUM ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8696             | DIFF ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8697             | NUM 'a
  8698   and
  8699     'a bexp = LESS ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8700             | AND ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8701             | OR ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8702 
  8703 as well as indirectly recursive datatypes such as
  8704 
  8705   datatype
  8706     ('a, 'b) term = Var 'a
  8707                   | App 'b ((('a, 'b) term) list)
  8708 
  8709 The new tactic  mutual_induct_tac [<var_1>, ..., <var_n>] i  performs
  8710 induction on mutually / indirectly recursive datatypes.
  8711 
  8712 Primrec equations are now stored in theory and can be accessed via
  8713 <function_name>.simps.
  8714 
  8715 INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  8716 
  8717   - Theories using datatypes must now have theory Datatype as an
  8718     ancestor.
  8719   - The specific <typename>.induct_tac no longer exists - use the
  8720     generic induct_tac instead.
  8721   - natE has been renamed to nat.exhaust - use exhaust_tac
  8722     instead of res_inst_tac ... natE. Note that the variable
  8723     names in nat.exhaust differ from the names in natE, this
  8724     may cause some "fragile" proofs to fail.
  8725   - The theorems split_<typename>_case and split_<typename>_case_asm
  8726     have been renamed to <typename>.split and <typename>.split_asm.
  8727   - Since default sorts of type variables are now handled correctly,
  8728     some datatype definitions may have to be annotated with explicit
  8729     sort constraints.
  8730   - Primrec definitions no longer require function name and type
  8731     of recursive argument.
  8732 
  8733 Consider using isatool fixdatatype to adapt your theories and proof
  8734 scripts to the new package (backup your sources first!).
  8735 
  8736 
  8737 * HOL/record package: considerably improved implementation; now
  8738 includes concrete syntax for record types, terms, updates; theorems
  8739 for surjective pairing and splitting !!-bound record variables; proof
  8740 support is as follows:
  8741 
  8742   1) standard conversions (selectors or updates applied to record
  8743 constructor terms) are part of the standard simpset;
  8744 
  8745   2) inject equations of the form ((x, y) = (x', y')) == x=x' & y=y' are
  8746 made part of standard simpset and claset via addIffs;
  8747 
  8748   3) a tactic for record field splitting (record_split_tac) is part of
  8749 the standard claset (addSWrapper);
  8750 
  8751 To get a better idea about these rules you may retrieve them via
  8752 something like 'thms "foo.simps"' or 'thms "foo.iffs"', where "foo" is
  8753 the name of your record type.
  8754 
  8755 The split tactic 3) conceptually simplifies by the following rule:
  8756 
  8757   "(!!x. PROP ?P x) == (!!a b. PROP ?P (a, b))"
  8758 
  8759 Thus any record variable that is bound by meta-all will automatically
  8760 blow up into some record constructor term, consequently the
  8761 simplifications of 1), 2) apply.  Thus force_tac, auto_tac etc. shall
  8762 solve record problems automatically.
  8763 
  8764 
  8765 * reorganized the main HOL image: HOL/Integ and String loaded by
  8766 default; theory Main includes everything;
  8767 
  8768 * automatic simplification of integer sums and comparisons, using cancellation;
  8769 
  8770 * added option_map_eq_Some and not_Some_eq to the default simpset and claset;
  8771 
  8772 * added disj_not1 = "(~P | Q) = (P --> Q)" to the default simpset;
  8773 
  8774 * many new identities for unions, intersections, set difference, etc.;
  8775 
  8776 * expand_if, expand_split, expand_sum_case and expand_nat_case are now
  8777 called split_if, split_split, split_sum_case and split_nat_case (to go
  8778 with add/delsplits);
  8779 
  8780 * HOL/Prod introduces simplification procedure unit_eq_proc rewriting
  8781 (?x::unit) = (); this is made part of the default simpset, which COULD
  8782 MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL under rare circumstances (consider
  8783 'Delsimprocs [unit_eq_proc];' as last resort); also note that
  8784 unit_abs_eta_conv is added in order to counter the effect of
  8785 unit_eq_proc on (%u::unit. f u), replacing it by f rather than by
  8786 %u.f();
  8787 
  8788 * HOL/Fun INCOMPATIBILITY: `inj_onto' is now called `inj_on' (which
  8789 makes more sense);
  8790 
  8791 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8792   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8793   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8794 
  8795 * HOL/Relation INCOMPATIBILITY: renamed the relational operator r^-1
  8796 to 'converse' from 'inverse' (for compatibility with ZF and some
  8797 literature);
  8798 
  8799 * HOL/recdef can now declare non-recursive functions, with {} supplied as
  8800 the well-founded relation;
  8801 
  8802 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: the complement of set A is now written -A instead of
  8803     Compl A.  The "Compl" syntax remains available as input syntax for this
  8804     release ONLY.
  8805 
  8806 * HOL/Update: new theory of function updates:
  8807     f(a:=b) == %x. if x=a then b else f x
  8808 may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8809 
  8810 * HOL/Vimage: new theory for inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B;
  8811 
  8812 * HOL/List:
  8813   - new function list_update written xs[i:=v] that updates the i-th
  8814     list position. May also be iterated as in xs[i:=a,j:=b,...].
  8815   - new function `upt' written [i..j(] which generates the list
  8816     [i,i+1,...,j-1], i.e. the upper bound is excluded. To include the upper
  8817     bound write [i..j], which is a shorthand for [i..j+1(].
  8818   - new lexicographic orderings and corresponding wellfoundedness theorems.
  8819 
  8820 * HOL/Arith:
  8821   - removed 'pred' (predecessor) function;
  8822   - generalized some theorems about n-1;
  8823   - many new laws about "div" and "mod";
  8824   - new laws about greatest common divisors (see theory ex/Primes);
  8825 
  8826 * HOL/Relation: renamed the relational operator r^-1 "converse"
  8827 instead of "inverse";
  8828 
  8829 * HOL/Induct/Multiset: a theory of multisets, including the wellfoundedness
  8830   of the multiset ordering;
  8831 
  8832 * directory HOL/Real: a construction of the reals using Dedekind cuts
  8833   (not included by default);
  8834 
  8835 * directory HOL/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY formalism;
  8836 
  8837 * directory HOL/Hoare: a new version of Hoare logic which permits many-sorted
  8838   programs, i.e. different program variables may have different types.
  8839 
  8840 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8841   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8842   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8843 
  8844 
  8845 *** ZF ***
  8846 
  8847 * theory Main includes everything; INCOMPATIBILITY: theory ZF.thy contains
  8848   only the theorems proved on ZF.ML;
  8849 
  8850 * ZF INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8851   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8852   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8853 
  8854 * ZF/Update: new theory of function updates
  8855     with default rewrite rule  f(x:=y) ` z = if(z=x, y, f`z)
  8856   may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8857 
  8858 * in  let x=t in u(x), neither t nor u(x) has to be an FOL term.
  8859 
  8860 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8861   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8862   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8863 
  8864 * case_tac provided for compatibility with HOL
  8865     (like the old excluded_middle_tac, but with subgoals swapped)
  8866 
  8867 
  8868 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8869 
  8870 * Pure: several new basic modules made available for general use, see
  8871 also src/Pure/README;
  8872 
  8873 * improved the theory data mechanism to support encapsulation (data
  8874 kind name replaced by private Object.kind, acting as authorization
  8875 key); new type-safe user interface via functor TheoryDataFun; generic
  8876 print_data function becomes basically useless;
  8877 
  8878 * removed global_names compatibility flag -- all theory declarations
  8879 are qualified by default;
  8880 
  8881 * module Pure/Syntax now offers quote / antiquote translation
  8882 functions (useful for Hoare logic etc. with implicit dependencies);
  8883 see HOL/ex/Antiquote for an example use;
  8884 
  8885 * Simplifier now offers conversions (asm_)(full_)rewrite: simpset ->
  8886 cterm -> thm;
  8887 
  8888 * new tactical CHANGED_GOAL for checking that a tactic modifies a
  8889 subgoal;
  8890 
  8891 * Display.print_goals function moved to Locale.print_goals;
  8892 
  8893 * standard print function for goals supports current_goals_markers
  8894 variable for marking begin of proof, end of proof, start of goal; the
  8895 default is ("", "", ""); setting current_goals_markers := ("<proof>",
  8896 "</proof>", "<goal>") causes SGML like tagged proof state printing,
  8897 for example;
  8898 
  8899 
  8900 
  8901 New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)
  8902 --------------------------------
  8903 
  8904 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8905 
  8906 * changed lexical syntax of terms / types: dots made part of long
  8907 identifiers, e.g. "%x.x" no longer possible, should be "%x. x";
  8908 
  8909 * simpset (and claset) reference variable replaced by functions
  8910 simpset / simpset_ref;
  8911 
  8912 * no longer supports theory aliases (via merge) and non-trivial
  8913 implicit merge of thms' signatures;
  8914 
  8915 * most internal names of constants changed due to qualified names;
  8916 
  8917 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML);
  8918 
  8919 
  8920 *** General Changes ***
  8921 
  8922 * hierachically structured name spaces (for consts, types, axms, thms
  8923 etc.); new lexical class 'longid' (e.g. Foo.bar.x) may render much of
  8924 old input syntactically incorrect (e.g. "%x.x"); COMPATIBILITY:
  8925 isatool fixdots ensures space after dots (e.g. "%x. x"); set
  8926 long_names for fully qualified output names; NOTE: ML programs
  8927 (special tactics, packages etc.) referring to internal names may have
  8928 to be adapted to cope with fully qualified names; in case of severe
  8929 backward campatibility problems try setting 'global_names' at compile
  8930 time to have enrything declared within a flat name space; one may also
  8931 fine tune name declarations in theories via the 'global' and 'local'
  8932 section;
  8933 
  8934 * reimplemented the implicit simpset and claset using the new anytype
  8935 data filed in signatures; references simpset:simpset ref etc. are
  8936 replaced by functions simpset:unit->simpset and
  8937 simpset_ref:unit->simpset ref; COMPATIBILITY: use isatool fixclasimp
  8938 to patch your ML files accordingly;
  8939 
  8940 * HTML output now includes theory graph data for display with Java
  8941 applet or isatool browser; data generated automatically via isatool
  8942 usedir (see -i option, ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS);
  8943 
  8944 * defs may now be conditional; improved rewrite_goals_tac to handle
  8945 conditional equations;
  8946 
  8947 * defs now admits additional type arguments, using TYPE('a) syntax;
  8948 
  8949 * theory aliases via merge (e.g. M=A+B+C) no longer supported, always
  8950 creates a new theory node; implicit merge of thms' signatures is
  8951 restricted to 'trivial' ones; COMPATIBILITY: one may have to use
  8952 transfer:theory->thm->thm in (rare) cases;
  8953 
  8954 * improved handling of draft signatures / theories; draft thms (and
  8955 ctyps, cterms) are automatically promoted to real ones;
  8956 
  8957 * slightly changed interfaces for oracles: admit many per theory, named
  8958 (e.g. oracle foo = mlfun), additional name argument for invoke_oracle;
  8959 
  8960 * print_goals: optional output of const types (set show_consts and
  8961 show_types);
  8962 
  8963 * improved output of warnings (###) and errors (***);
  8964 
  8965 * subgoal_tac displays a warning if the new subgoal has type variables;
  8966 
  8967 * removed old README and Makefiles;
  8968 
  8969 * replaced print_goals_ref hook by print_current_goals_fn and result_error_fn;
  8970 
  8971 * removed obsolete init_pps and init_database;
  8972 
  8973 * deleted the obsolete tactical STATE, which was declared by
  8974     fun STATE tacfun st = tacfun st st;
  8975 
  8976 * cd and use now support path variables, e.g. $ISABELLE_HOME, or ~
  8977 (which abbreviates $HOME);
  8978 
  8979 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML); COMPATIBILITY:
  8980 use isatool fixseq to adapt your ML programs (this works for fully
  8981 qualified references to the Sequence structure only!);
  8982 
  8983 * use_thy no longer requires writable current directory; it always
  8984 reloads .ML *and* .thy file, if either one is out of date;
  8985 
  8986 
  8987 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  8988 
  8989 * Clarify_tac, clarify_tac, clarify_step_tac, Clarify_step_tac: new
  8990 tactics that use classical reasoning to simplify a subgoal without
  8991 splitting it into several subgoals;
  8992 
  8993 * Safe_tac: like safe_tac but uses the default claset;
  8994 
  8995 
  8996 *** Simplifier ***
  8997 
  8998 * added simplification meta rules:
  8999     (asm_)(full_)simplify: simpset -> thm -> thm;
  9000 
  9001 * simplifier.ML no longer part of Pure -- has to be loaded by object
  9002 logics (again);
  9003 
  9004 * added prems argument to simplification procedures;
  9005 
  9006 * HOL, FOL, ZF: added infix function `addsplits':
  9007   instead of `<simpset> setloop (split_tac <thms>)'
  9008   you can simply write `<simpset> addsplits <thms>'
  9009 
  9010 
  9011 *** Syntax ***
  9012 
  9013 * TYPE('a) syntax for type reflection terms;
  9014 
  9015 * no longer handles consts with name "" -- declare as 'syntax' instead;
  9016 
  9017 * pretty printer: changed order of mixfix annotation preference (again!);
  9018 
  9019 * Pure: fixed idt/idts vs. pttrn/pttrns syntactic categories;
  9020 
  9021 
  9022 *** HOL ***
  9023 
  9024 * HOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  9025   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  9026 
  9027 * HOL/TLA: Stephan Merz's formalization of Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions;
  9028 
  9029 * HOL/Auth: new protocol proofs including some for the Internet
  9030   protocol TLS;
  9031 
  9032 * HOL/Map: new theory of `maps' a la VDM;
  9033 
  9034 * HOL/simplifier: simplification procedures nat_cancel_sums for
  9035 cancelling out common nat summands from =, <, <= (in)equalities, or
  9036 differences; simplification procedures nat_cancel_factor for
  9037 cancelling common factor from =, <, <= (in)equalities over natural
  9038 sums; nat_cancel contains both kinds of procedures, it is installed by
  9039 default in Arith.thy -- this COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL;
  9040 
  9041 * HOL/simplifier: terms of the form
  9042   `? x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x)'  (or t=x)
  9043   are rewritten to
  9044   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t)',
  9045   and those of the form
  9046   `! x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x) --> R(x)'  (or t=x)
  9047   are rewritten to
  9048   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t) --> R(t)',
  9049 
  9050 * HOL/datatype
  9051   Each datatype `t' now comes with a theorem `split_t_case' of the form
  9052 
  9053   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  9054      ( (!y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 --> P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) &
  9055         ...
  9056        (!y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn --> P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  9057      )
  9058 
  9059   and a theorem `split_t_case_asm' of the form
  9060 
  9061   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  9062     ~( (? y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 & ~P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) |
  9063         ...
  9064        (? y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn & ~P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  9065      )
  9066   which can be added to a simpset via `addsplits'. The existing theorems
  9067   expand_list_case and expand_option_case have been renamed to
  9068   split_list_case and split_option_case.
  9069 
  9070 * HOL/Arithmetic:
  9071   - `pred n' is automatically converted to `n-1'.
  9072     Users are strongly encouraged not to use `pred' any longer,
  9073     because it will disappear altogether at some point.
  9074   - Users are strongly encouraged to write "0 < n" rather than
  9075     "n ~= 0". Theorems and proof tools have been modified towards this
  9076     `standard'.
  9077 
  9078 * HOL/Lists:
  9079   the function "set_of_list" has been renamed "set" (and its theorems too);
  9080   the function "nth" now takes its arguments in the reverse order and
  9081   has acquired the infix notation "!" as in "xs!n".
  9082 
  9083 * HOL/Set: UNIV is now a constant and is no longer translated to Compl{};
  9084 
  9085 * HOL/Set: The operator (UN x.B x) now abbreviates (UN x:UNIV. B x) and its
  9086   specialist theorems (like UN1_I) are gone.  Similarly for (INT x.B x);
  9087 
  9088 * HOL/record: extensible records with schematic structural subtyping
  9089 (single inheritance); EXPERIMENTAL version demonstrating the encoding,
  9090 still lacks various theorems and concrete record syntax;
  9091 
  9092 
  9093 *** HOLCF ***
  9094 
  9095 * removed "axioms" and "generated by" sections;
  9096 
  9097 * replaced "ops" section by extended "consts" section, which is capable of
  9098   handling the continuous function space "->" directly;
  9099 
  9100 * domain package:
  9101   . proves theorems immediately and stores them in the theory,
  9102   . creates hierachical name space,
  9103   . now uses normal mixfix annotations (instead of cinfix...),
  9104   . minor changes to some names and values (for consistency),
  9105   . e.g. cases -> casedist, dists_eq -> dist_eqs, [take_lemma] -> take_lemmas,
  9106   . separator between mutual domain defs: changed "," to "and",
  9107   . improved handling of sort constraints;  now they have to
  9108     appear on the left-hand side of the equations only;
  9109 
  9110 * fixed LAM <x,y,zs>.b syntax;
  9111 
  9112 * added extended adm_tac to simplifier in HOLCF -- can now discharge
  9113 adm (%x. P (t x)), where P is chainfinite and t continuous;
  9114 
  9115 
  9116 *** FOL and ZF ***
  9117 
  9118 * FOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  9119   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  9120 
  9121 * qed_spec_mp, qed_goal_spec_mp, qed_goalw_spec_mp are available, as
  9122 in HOL, they strip ALL and --> from proved theorems;
  9123 
  9124 
  9125 
  9126 New in Isabelle94-8 (May 1997)
  9127 ------------------------------
  9128 
  9129 *** General Changes ***
  9130 
  9131 * new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in parts
  9132 still somewhat experimental); old Makefiles etc. still functional;
  9133 
  9134 * new 'Isabelle System Manual';
  9135 
  9136 * INSTALL text, together with ./configure and ./build scripts;
  9137 
  9138 * reimplemented type inference for greater efficiency, better error
  9139 messages and clean internal interface;
  9140 
  9141 * prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way of
  9142 setting goals_limit);
  9143 
  9144 
  9145 *** Syntax ***
  9146 
  9147 * supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and pretty
  9148 printer); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);
  9149 
  9150 * Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; to
  9151 be used in conjunction with the Isabelle symbol font; uses the
  9152 "symbols" syntax table;
  9153 
  9154 * added token_translation interface (may translate name tokens in
  9155 arbitrary ways, dependent on their type (free, bound, tfree, ...) and
  9156 the current print_mode); IMPORTANT: user print translation functions
  9157 are responsible for marking newly introduced bounds
  9158 (Syntax.mark_boundT);
  9159 
  9160 * token translations for modes "xterm" and "xterm_color" that display
  9161 names in bold, underline etc. or colors (which requires a color
  9162 version of xterm);
  9163 
  9164 * infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;
  9165 
  9166 * added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but may
  9167 access type of constant);
  9168 
  9169 
  9170 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  9171 
  9172 Blast_tac: a new tactic!  It is often more powerful than fast_tac, but has
  9173 some limitations.  Blast_tac...
  9174   + ignores addss, addbefore, addafter; this restriction is intrinsic
  9175   + ignores elimination rules that don't have the correct format
  9176         (the conclusion MUST be a formula variable)
  9177   + ignores types, which can make HOL proofs fail
  9178   + rules must not require higher-order unification, e.g. apply_type in ZF
  9179     [message "Function Var's argument not a bound variable" relates to this]
  9180   + its proof strategy is more general but can actually be slower
  9181 
  9182 * substitution with equality assumptions no longer permutes other
  9183 assumptions;
  9184 
  9185 * minor changes in semantics of addafter (now called addaltern); renamed
  9186 setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to compWrapper; added safe wrapper
  9187 (and access functions for it);
  9188 
  9189 * improved combination of classical reasoner and simplifier:
  9190   + functions for handling clasimpsets
  9191   + improvement of addss: now the simplifier is called _after_ the
  9192     safe steps.
  9193   + safe variant of addss called addSss: uses safe simplifications
  9194     _during_ the safe steps. It is more complete as it allows multiple
  9195     instantiations of unknowns (e.g. with slow_tac).
  9196 
  9197 *** Simplifier ***
  9198 
  9199 * added interface for simplification procedures (functions that
  9200 produce *proven* rewrite rules on the fly, depending on current
  9201 redex);
  9202 
  9203 * ordering on terms as parameter (used for ordered rewriting);
  9204 
  9205 * new functions delcongs, deleqcongs, and Delcongs. richer rep_ss;
  9206 
  9207 * the solver is now split into a safe and an unsafe part.
  9208 This should be invisible for the normal user, except that the
  9209 functions setsolver and addsolver have been renamed to setSolver and
  9210 addSolver; added safe_asm_full_simp_tac;
  9211 
  9212 
  9213 *** HOL ***
  9214 
  9215 * a generic induction tactic `induct_tac' which works for all datatypes and
  9216 also for type `nat';
  9217 
  9218 * a generic case distinction tactic `exhaust_tac' which works for all
  9219 datatypes and also for type `nat';
  9220 
  9221 * each datatype comes with a function `size';
  9222 
  9223 * patterns in case expressions allow tuple patterns as arguments to
  9224 constructors, for example `case x of [] => ... | (x,y,z)#ps => ...';
  9225 
  9226 * primrec now also works with type nat;
  9227 
  9228 * recdef: a new declaration form, allows general recursive functions to be
  9229 defined in theory files.  See HOL/ex/Fib, HOL/ex/Primes, HOL/Subst/Unify.
  9230 
  9231 * the constant for negation has been renamed from "not" to "Not" to
  9232 harmonize with FOL, ZF, LK, etc.;
  9233 
  9234 * HOL/ex/LFilter theory of a corecursive "filter" functional for
  9235 infinite lists;
  9236 
  9237 * HOL/Modelcheck demonstrates invocation of model checker oracle;
  9238 
  9239 * HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equational
  9240 problems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;
  9241 
  9242 * more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;
  9243 
  9244 * more default rewrite rules for quantifiers, union/intersection;
  9245 
  9246 * a new constant `arbitrary == @x.False';
  9247 
  9248 * HOLCF/IOA replaces old HOL/IOA;
  9249 
  9250 * HOLCF changes: derived all rules and arities
  9251   + axiomatic type classes instead of classes
  9252   + typedef instead of faking type definitions
  9253   + eliminated the internal constants less_fun, less_cfun, UU_fun, UU_cfun etc.
  9254   + new axclasses cpo, chfin, flat with flat < chfin < pcpo < cpo < po
  9255   + eliminated the types void, one, tr
  9256   + use unit lift and bool lift (with translations) instead of one and tr
  9257   + eliminated blift from Lift3.thy (use Def instead of blift)
  9258   all eliminated rules are derived as theorems --> no visible changes ;
  9259 
  9260 
  9261 *** ZF ***
  9262 
  9263 * ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac.  Union_iff is a now a default
  9264 rewrite rule; this may affect some proofs.  eq_cs is gone but can be put back
  9265 as ZF_cs addSIs [equalityI];
  9266 
  9267 
  9268 
  9269 New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)
  9270 ---------------------------------
  9271 
  9272 * allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;
  9273 
  9274 * super-linear speedup for large simplifications;
  9275 
  9276 * FOL, ZF and HOL now use miniscoping: rewriting pushes
  9277 quantifications in as far as possible (COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS
  9278 FAIL); can suppress it using the command Delsimps (ex_simps @
  9279 all_simps); De Morgan laws are also now included, by default;
  9280 
  9281 * improved printing of ==>  :  ~:
  9282 
  9283 * new object-logic "Sequents" adds linear logic, while replacing LK
  9284 and Modal (thanks to Sara Kalvala);
  9285 
  9286 * HOL/Auth: correctness proofs for authentication protocols;
  9287 
  9288 * HOL: new auto_tac combines rewriting and classical reasoning (many
  9289 examples on HOL/Auth);
  9290 
  9291 * HOL: new command AddIffs for declaring theorems of the form P=Q to
  9292 the rewriter and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  9293 
  9294 * function uresult no longer returns theorems in "standard" format;
  9295 regain previous version by: val uresult = standard o uresult;
  9296 
  9297 
  9298 
  9299 New in Isabelle94-6
  9300 -------------------
  9301 
  9302 * oracles -- these establish an interface between Isabelle and trusted
  9303 external reasoners, which may deliver results as theorems;
  9304 
  9305 * proof objects (in particular record all uses of oracles);
  9306 
  9307 * Simp_tac, Fast_tac, etc. that refer to implicit simpset / claset;
  9308 
  9309 * "constdefs" section in theory files;
  9310 
  9311 * "primrec" section (HOL) no longer requires names;
  9312 
  9313 * internal type "tactic" now simply "thm -> thm Sequence.seq";
  9314 
  9315 
  9316 
  9317 New in Isabelle94-5
  9318 -------------------
  9319 
  9320 * reduced space requirements;
  9321 
  9322 * automatic HTML generation from theories;
  9323 
  9324 * theory files no longer require "..." (quotes) around most types;
  9325 
  9326 * new examples, including two proofs of the Church-Rosser theorem;
  9327 
  9328 * non-curried (1994) version of HOL is no longer distributed;
  9329 
  9330 
  9331 
  9332 New in Isabelle94-4
  9333 -------------------
  9334 
  9335 * greatly reduced space requirements;
  9336 
  9337 * theory files (.thy) no longer require \...\ escapes at line breaks;
  9338 
  9339 * searchable theorem database (see the section "Retrieving theorems" on
  9340 page 8 of the Reference Manual);
  9341 
  9342 * new examples, including Grabczewski's monumental case study of the
  9343 Axiom of Choice;
  9344 
  9345 * The previous version of HOL renamed to Old_HOL;
  9346 
  9347 * The new version of HOL (previously called CHOL) uses a curried syntax
  9348 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b);
  9349 
  9350 * Mutually recursive inductive definitions finally work in HOL;
  9351 
  9352 * In ZF, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions and
  9353 translates to the operator "split";
  9354 
  9355 
  9356 
  9357 New in Isabelle94-3
  9358 -------------------
  9359 
  9360 * new infix operator, addss, allowing the classical reasoner to
  9361 perform simplification at each step of its search.  Example:
  9362         fast_tac (cs addss ss)
  9363 
  9364 * a new logic, CHOL, the same as HOL, but with a curried syntax
  9365 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b).  Also pairs
  9366 look like (a,b) instead of <a,b>;
  9367 
  9368 * PLEASE NOTE: CHOL will eventually replace HOL!
  9369 
  9370 * In CHOL, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions.
  9371 It translates to the operator "split".  A new theory of integers is available;
  9372 
  9373 * In ZF, integer numerals now denote two's-complement binary integers.
  9374 Arithmetic operations can be performed by rewriting.  See ZF/ex/Bin.ML;
  9375 
  9376 * Many new examples: I/O automata, Church-Rosser theorem, equivalents
  9377 of the Axiom of Choice;
  9378 
  9379 
  9380 
  9381 New in Isabelle94-2
  9382 -------------------
  9383 
  9384 * Significantly faster resolution;
  9385 
  9386 * the different sections in a .thy file can now be mixed and repeated
  9387 freely;
  9388 
  9389 * Database of theorems for FOL, HOL and ZF.  New
  9390 commands including qed, qed_goal and bind_thm store theorems in the database.
  9391 
  9392 * Simple database queries: return a named theorem (get_thm) or all theorems of
  9393 a given theory (thms_of), or find out what theory a theorem was proved in
  9394 (theory_of_thm);
  9395 
  9396 * Bugs fixed in the inductive definition and datatype packages;
  9397 
  9398 * The classical reasoner provides deepen_tac and depth_tac, making FOL_dup_cs
  9399 and HOL_dup_cs obsolete;
  9400 
  9401 * Syntactic ambiguities caused by the new treatment of syntax in Isabelle94-1
  9402 have been removed;
  9403 
  9404 * Simpler definition of function space in ZF;
  9405 
  9406 * new results about cardinal and ordinal arithmetic in ZF;
  9407 
  9408 * 'subtype' facility in HOL for introducing new types as subsets of existing
  9409 types;
  9410 
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